suppléer

\sy.ple.e\

/\sy.ple.e\/ verb

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The verdict

“suppléer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,556
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ajouter ce qui manque, fournir ce qu’il faut de surplus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suppleer · suppléer · French

suppléer · rank #41,556 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,556
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH supplié

Nearest frequency peer: supplié (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « suppléer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « suppléer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

suppléer vs supplié
63% similar
suppléer vs supposer
75% similar
suppléer vs supplier
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for suppléer
PropertyValue
Headwordsuppléer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.ple.e\
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,556
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « suppléer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).suppléerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « supplié » (#41,555), « sucettes » (#41,554), « syndromes » (#41,558). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suppléer » est au #41,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around suppléer (IPA \sy.ple.e\), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,556 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for suppléer, with forms such as "spupléer", "ssuppléer", and "suplpéer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "supplié", "supposer", "supplier", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is suppléer, spelled S-U-P-P-L-É-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ajouter ce qui manque, fournir ce qu’il faut de surplus.
  2. 2
    Ajouter à une phrase ce qui y est sous-entendu.
  3. 3
    Remplacer quelqu’un, tenir sa place, le représenter, remplir ses fonctions.
  4. 4
    Remédier au manque ou au défaut de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how suppléer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je suppléerai ce qu’il faut pour faire cette somme, je suppléerai le reste.
  2. Suppléer ce qui manque dans un auteur, remplir les lacunes qui se trouvent dans ses ouvrages.

This word in other languages

supply(English)completar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spupléer
  • ssuppléer
  • suplpéer
  • supléer
  • suppleer
  • suppleér
  • supplléer
  • suppléerr
  • supplére
  • suppéler
  • usppléer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suppléer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

spupléer2ssuppléer1suplpéer2supléer1suppleer1suppleér2supplléer1suppléerr1
Edit distance from "suppléer"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suppléer"?
"suppléer" is spelled S-U-P-P-L-É-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ple.e\.
What does "suppléer" mean?
As a verb, "suppléer" means: Ajouter ce qui manque, fournir ce qu’il faut de surplus.
What words are commonly confused with "suppléer"?
"suppléer" is commonly confused with "supplié", "supposer", "supplier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suppléer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suppléer" is \sy.ple.e\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suppléer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suppléer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sucettes#41,554strophes#41,551terminez#41,566tourneur#41,570

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

terrifiée11 variantstraduira11 variantssmileys11 variantsvictory11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list