Which to use
“ship” is a noun and “sup” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,693
- “ship” frequency rank
- #10,952
- “sup” frequency rank
- 34645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ship | sup |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couple principalement non officiel ou non canonique entre des personnages. | Super |
Where the eye mixes ship and sup
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ship vs sup
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ship is \ʃip\ while sup is \syp\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ship is recorded at frequency rank #23,693, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃip\. sup is at rank #10,952, tagged as anintj, pronounced \syp\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34645, this pair ranks #282,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ship vs sup
Shared letters: ps. Private to "ship": hi. Private to "sup": u.
"ship" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "sup" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ship ← hsip · shhip · shipp · shpi · sihp · sship
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ship" and "sup" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ship" vs "sup" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ship" and "sup" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ship" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sup" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ship" and "sup" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sepp vs ship". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #282,380 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.