Which to use
“supervisé” is a noun and “superviser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,631
- “supervisé” frequency rank
- #22,711
- “superviser” frequency rank
- 50342
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supervisé | superviser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qu’on supervise. | Effectuer un contrôle sur l’activité d’une ou de plusieurs personnes. |
Same sound, different letters: supervisé vs superviser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. supervisé runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against superviser's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - supervisé and superviser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: supervisé and superviser 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50342, 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\. superviser is at rank #22,711, 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 50342, this pair ranks #163,398 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supervisé vs superviser
Shared letters: eiprsuv. Private to "supervisé": é. Private to "superviser": -.
"supervisé" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "superviser" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- superviser ← spuerviser · ssuperviser · sueprviser · superivser · superrviser · superviesr · superviserr · supervisre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supervisé" for "superviser" ever safe?
Which is more common, "supervisé" or "superviser"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "supervisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "superviser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,398 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supervisé" and "superviser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supervisé vs supervisée". 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 #163,398 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.