Which to use
“supplié” and “supplier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,555
- “supplié” frequency rank
- #25,504
- “supplier” frequency rank
- 67059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supplié | supplier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de supplier. | Prier avec humilité et instance. |
Same sound, different letters: supplié vs supplier
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. supplié runs 7 letters (CVCCCVV) against supplier's 8 (CVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - supplié / supplier
This is the hard kind. supplié and supplier are pronounced identically (\sy.pli.je\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supplié is recorded at frequency rank #41,555, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pli.je\. supplier is at rank #25,504, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.pli.je\.
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 67059, this pair ranks #65,087 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of supplié vs supplier
Shared letters: ilpsu. Private to "supplié": é. Private to "supplier": er.
"supplié" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV · "supplier" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supplier ← spuplier · ssupplier · suplier · suplpier · suppiler · suppleir · supplierr · supplire
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supplié" and "supplier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "supplié" or "supplier"?
Useful next steps
"supplié" and "supplier" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "supplié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supplier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,087 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supplié" and "supplier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suppléer vs supplié". 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 #65,087 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.