support
\sy.pɔʁ\
The verdict
“support” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,717 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,717
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ce qui soutient une chose, ce sur quoi elle pose.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | support |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sy.pɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “support” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for support is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sy.pɔʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,717 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for support, with forms such as "spuport", "ssupport", and "supoprt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "supposé", "supports", "supporté", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is support, spelled S-U-P-P-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Ce qui soutient une chose, ce sur quoi elle pose.
- 2Aide, appui, soutien moral, protection.
- 3Document sur lequel s’appuie un discours ou des explications (par exemple, un support de conférence, un support pédagogique).
- 4Figure héraldique unique portant l’écu ou référence à une des deux figures placées de chaque côté de l’écu et utilisée comme ornement extérieur. Dans le cas d’une figure humaine, on parle plutôt de tenant. Souvent les armoiries sont dotées de deux supports identiques (notamment en héraldique britannique). Dans ce cas, voir supports.
- 5Partie des points en lesquels une fonction ne s’annule pas.
- 6Pour une fonction continue sur un espace topologique, adhérence du support en le sens précédent.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: spuport,ssupport,supoprt,suport,supporrt,supportt,suppotr,supprot,uspport
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of support - 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.
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.
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Using “support”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-U-P-P-O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sy.pɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “supposé” - see the side-by-side comparison. support vs supposé
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.