suervssuperWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: suer is a verb, super is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“suer” is a verb and “super” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,765
“suer” frequency rank
#440
“super” frequency rank
29205
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suer super
Definition Transpirer, rendre de la sueur par les pores de la peau. Supercarburant.

Where the eye mixes suer and super

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
suer
5 ch
super

Visual trap between suer and super

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suer is \sɥe\ while super is \sy.pɛʁ\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suer is recorded at frequency rank #28,765, classified as averb, pronounced \sɥe\. super is at rank #440, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.pɛʁ\.

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 29205, this pair ranks #318,102 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suer vs super

Shared letters: ersu. Private to "suer": -. Private to "super": p.

"suer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "super" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suerseur · ssuer · suerr
  • superspuer · ssuper · suepr · superr · supper · supre · usper

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suer" for "super" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suer" is a verb and "super" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "suer" or "super" show up more?
"super" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #440 in our French list, against #28,765 for "suer". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "super" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #318,102 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suer" and "super" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suer vs suu". 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 #318,102 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list