suppliévssupposéWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: supplié is a verb, supposé is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“supplié” is a verb and “supposé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,555
“supplié” frequency rank
#6,898
“supposé” frequency rank
48453
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supplié supposé
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de supplier. Qui est faux, controuvé, fabriqué frauduleusement.

Where the eye mixes supplié and supposé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. supplié (CVCCCVV) and supposé (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
supplié
7 ch
supposé

Why the eye confuses supplié with supposé

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: supplié is \sy.pli.je\ while supposé is \sy.po.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48453, 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\. supposé is at rank #6,898, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sy.po.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 48453, this pair ranks #178,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of supplié vs supposé

Shared letters: psué. Private to "supplié": il. Private to "supposé": o.

"supplié" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV  ·  "supposé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "supplié" and "supposé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "supplié" is a verb and "supposé" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "supplié" vs "supposé" - which ranks higher?
"supposé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,898 in our French list, against #41,555 for "supplié". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "supplié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supposé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #178,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supplié" and "supposé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suppléer vs supplié". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #178,812 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