Which to use
“support” and “supports” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,717
- “support” frequency rank
- #9,243
- “supports” frequency rank
- 12960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | support | supports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui soutient une chose, ce sur quoi elle pose. | Pluriel de support. |
Same sound, different letters: support vs supports
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - support / supports
This is the hard kind. support and supports are pronounced identically (\sy.pɔʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “support” sits inside “supports”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
support is recorded at frequency rank #3,717, classified as anoun, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ\. supports is at rank #9,243, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ\.
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 12960, this pair ranks #403,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of support vs supports
Shared letters: oprstu. Private to "support": -. Private to "supports": -.
"support" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "supports" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "support" and "supports" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "support" vs "supports" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"support" and "supports" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "support" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "support" and "supports" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportées vs supports". 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 #403,009 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.