supposément
\sy.po.ze.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“supposément” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #37,081 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #37,081
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière supposée, hypothétiquement.
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 | supposément |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sy.po.ze.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #37,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “supposément” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for supposément is 11 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sy.po.ze.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,081 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "D’une manière supposée, hypothétiquement.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for supposément, with forms such as "spuposément", "ssupposément", and "supopsément". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "supposent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is supposément, spelled S-U-P-P-O-S-É-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière supposée, hypothétiquement.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: spuposément,ssupposément,supopsément,suposément,supposement,supposméent,suppossément,supposéemnt,supposémennt,supposémentt,supposémetn,supposémment,supposémnet,suppoésment,suppsoément,uspposément
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supposément - 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 “supposément”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-U-P-P-O-S-É-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sy.po.ze.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “supposent” - see the side-by-side comparison. supposément vs supposent
- 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.