supposer

\sy.po.ze\

/\sy.po.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“supposer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,624. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,624
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poser une chose pour établie, l’admettre par hypothèse, afin d’en tirer ensuite quelque induction.

Corpus desk

Index FR-supposer · supposer · French

supposer · rank #8,624 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,624
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suffira

Nearest frequency peer: suffira (-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 « supposer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « supposer » 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).

supposer vs supposés
75% similar
supposer vs supposez
88% similar
supposer vs supposé
75% similar

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

Key facts for supposer
PropertyValue
Headwordsupposer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.po.ze\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,624
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « supposer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).supposerse 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 « suffira » (#8,623), « surplus » (#8,625), « subissent » (#8,622). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « supposer » est au #8,624. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around supposer (IPA \sy.po.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,624 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for supposer, with forms such as "spuposer", "ssupposer", and "supopser". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "supposés", "supposez", "supposé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is supposer, spelled S-U-P-P-O-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poser une chose pour établie, l’admettre par hypothèse, afin d’en tirer ensuite quelque induction.
  2. 2
    Faire admettre le faux pour vrai.
  3. 3
    Former une conjecture ; présumer en bien ou en mal.
  4. 4
    Former le préalable à une chose qui demande, qui exige que quelque autre chose soit ou ait été.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais pour qu’une grammaire française soit respectée, il faut premièrement que la langue française continue à être employée et, ceux qui s’efforcent de l’empailler en conviendront, cette condition suppose l’existence d’un certain nombre de Français.
  2. L’aisance avec laquelle les poètes juifs maniaient le vers français permet de supposer que leur talent a dû s’exercer dans les genres les plus variés.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spuposer
  • ssupposer
  • supopser
  • suposer
  • suppoesr
  • supposerr
  • supposre
  • supposser
  • suppsoer
  • uspposer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supposer - 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.

spuposer2ssupposer1supopser2suposer1suppoesr2supposerr1supposre2supposser1
Edit distance from "supposer"

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 "supposer"?
"supposer" is spelled S-U-P-P-O-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.po.ze\.
What does "supposer" mean?
As a verb, "supposer" means: Poser une chose pour établie, l’admettre par hypothèse, afin d’en tirer ensuite quelque induction.
What words are commonly confused with "supposer"?
"supposer" is commonly confused with "supposés", "supposez", "supposé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "supposer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "supposer" is \sy.po.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "supposer" come from?
"supposer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list