Which to use
“supervisé” is a noun and “supervisée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,631
- “supervisé” frequency rank
- #45,898
- “supervisée” frequency rank
- 73529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supervisé | supervisée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qu’on supervise. | Participe passé féminin singulier de superviser. |
Same sound, different letters: supervisé vs supervisée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. supervisé runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against supervisée's 10 (CVCVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - supervisé / supervisée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: supervisé and supervisée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sy.pɛʁ.vi.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “supervisé” sits inside “supervisée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supervisé is recorded at frequency rank #27,631, classified as anoun, pronounced \sy.pɛʁ.vi.ze\. supervisée is at rank #45,898, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.pɛʁ.vi.ze\.
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 73529, this pair ranks #40,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of supervisé vs supervisée
Shared letters: eiprsuvé. Private to "supervisé": -. Private to "supervisée": -.
"supervisé" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "supervisée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supervisé" for "supervisée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "supervisé" vs "supervisée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"supervisé" and "supervisée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "supervisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supervisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supervisé" and "supervisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "superpose vs supervisé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #40,154 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.