Which to use
“supplier” and “supprimer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,504
- “supplier” frequency rank
- #3,044
- “supprimer” frequency rank
- 28548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supplier | supprimer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prier avec humilité et instance. | Abolir ; annuler. |
Where the eye mixes supplier and supprimer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. supplier runs 8 letters (CVCCCVVC) against supprimer's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: supplier vs supprimer
A purely visual mix-up. supplier (\sy.pli.je\) and supprimer (\sy.pʁi.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28548, 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\. supprimer is at rank #3,044, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.pʁi.me\.
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 28548, this pair ranks #322,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supplier vs supprimer
Shared letters: eiprsu. Private to "supplier": l. Private to "supprimer": m.
"supplier" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC · "supprimer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supplier" and "supprimer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "supplier" or "supprimer" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "supplier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supprimer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #322,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supplier" and "supprimer" 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 #322,104 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.