supporter

\sy.pɔʁ.te\

/\sy.pɔʁ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“supporter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,043. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,043
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porter ; soutenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-supporter · supporter · French

supporter · rank #3,043 · 12 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,043
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suivent

Nearest frequency peer: suivent (-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 « supporter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « supporter » 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).

supporter vs supposer
78% similar
supporter vs supports
78% similar
supporter vs supportés
78% similar

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

Key facts for supporter
PropertyValue
Headwordsupporter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.pɔʁ.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,043
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « supporter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).supporterse 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 « suivent » (#3,042), « supprimer » (#3,044), « suivants » (#3,041). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « supporter » est au #3,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around supporter (IPA \sy.pɔʁ.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,043 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for supporter, with forms such as "spuporter", "ssupporter", and "supoprter". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "supposer", "supports", "supportés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is supporter, spelled S-U-P-P-O-R-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porter ; soutenir.
  2. 2
    Soutenir, encourager.
  3. 3
    Souffrir ; endurer.
  4. 4
    Souffrir avec patience.
  5. 5
    Porter ; avoir à charge.
  6. 6
    Être à l’épreuve de, résister à.
  7. 7
    Fournir, intégrer, prendre en charge.
  8. 8
    Être compatible avec.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À l'intérieur, quatre colonnes corinthiennes et les colonnettes cannelées du chancel supportent le jubé de bois, orné de panneaux en bas-relief polychrome.
  2. Il y a une réelle solidarité africaine : les Sud-Africains supportent leur équipe, les Bafana Bafana, mais aussi les autres équipes africaines.

This word in other languages

support(English)aguantar(Español)tragen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spuporter
  • ssupporter
  • supoprter
  • suporter
  • supporetr
  • supporrter
  • supporterr
  • supportre
  • supportter
  • suppotrer
  • supproter
  • uspporter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supporter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

spuporter2ssupporter1supoprter2suporter1supporetr2supporrter1supporterr1supportre2
Edit distance from "supporter"

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 "supporter"?
"supporter" is spelled S-U-P-P-O-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.pɔʁ.te\.
What does "supporter" mean?
As a verb, "supporter" means: Porter ; soutenir.
What words are commonly confused with "supporter"?
"supporter" is commonly confused with "supposer", "supports", "supportés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "supporter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "supporter" is \sy.pɔʁ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "supporter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

supprimer#3,044positions#3,030bouteille#3,058Catherine#3,059

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

suivants12 variantsmatières12 variantsmagasins12 variantsfacteurs12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list