support

\sy.pɔʁ\

/\sy.pɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“support” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,717
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui soutient une chose, ce sur quoi elle pose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-support · support · French

support · rank #3,717 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,717
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sensation

Nearest frequency peer: sensation (-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 « support »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « support » 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).

support vs supposé
71% similar
support vs supports
88% similar
support vs supporté
88% similar

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

Key facts for support
PropertyValue
Headwordsupport
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.pɔʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,717
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « support »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.supportse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sensation » (#3,716), « syndicats » (#3,718), « réservé » (#3,715). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « support » est au #3,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around support (IPA \sy.pɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,717 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Ce qui soutient une chose, ce sur quoi elle pose.
  2. 2
    Aide, appui, soutien moral, protection.
  3. 3
    Document sur lequel s’appuie un discours ou des explications (par exemple, un support de conférence, un support pédagogique).
  4. 4
    Figure 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.
  5. 5
    Partie des points en lesquels une fonction ne s’annule pas.
  6. 6
    Pour une fonction continue sur un espace topologique, adhérence du support en le sens précédent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un edelweiss séché glissa d’une des enveloppes de rhodoïd et M. Abel le replaça avec des gestes précautionneux sur la photo aux vilaines couleurs qui lui servait de support : sur un vague fond de mosquée, trois militaires en calot et treillis se tenaient par l’épaule.
  2. Je n’ai d’autre support au monde que son amitié.

This word in other languages

support(English)soporte(Español)Stütze(Deutsch)

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.

spuport2ssupport1supoprt2suport1supporrt1supportt1suppotr2supprot2
Edit distance from "support"

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 "support"?
"support" is spelled S-U-P-P-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.pɔʁ\.
What does "support" mean?
As a noun, "support" means: Ce qui soutient une chose, ce sur quoi elle pose.
What words are commonly confused with "support"?
"support" is commonly confused with "supposé", "supports", "supporté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "support"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "support" is \sy.pɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "support" come from?
"support" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

réservé#3,715procédé#3,704arrivés#3,735avocats#3,737

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

écrite9 variantschoisis9 variantsliaison9 variantshockey9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list