Which to use
“supplier” and “supposer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,504
- “supplier” frequency rank
- #8,624
- “supposer” frequency rank
- 34128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supplier | supposer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prier avec humilité et instance. | Poser une chose pour établie, l’admettre par hypothèse, afin d’en tirer ensuite quelque induction. |
Where the eye mixes supplier and supposer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. supplier (CVCCCVVC) and supposer (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: supplier vs supposer
A purely visual mix-up. supplier (\sy.pli.je\) and supposer (\sy.po.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supplier is recorded at frequency rank #25,504, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pli.je\. supposer is at rank #8,624, tagged as averb, 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 34128, this pair ranks #285,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supplier vs supposer
Shared letters: eprsu. Private to "supplier": il. Private to "supposer": o.
"supplier" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "supposer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supplier" and "supposer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "supplier" vs "supposer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "supplier" and "supposer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "supplier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supposer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supplier" and "supposer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suppléer vs supplier". 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 #285,956 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.