Which to use
“supportait” and “supportant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,366
- “supportait” frequency rank
- #25,505
- “supportant” frequency rank
- 53871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportait | supportant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de supporter. | Participe présent de supporter. |
Where the eye mixes supportait and supportant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: supportait vs supportant
A purely visual mix-up. supportait (\sy.pɔʁ.tɛ\) and supportant (\sy.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “supportait” becomes n in “supportant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supportait is recorded at frequency rank #28,366, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ.tɛ\. supportant is at rank #25,505, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\.
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 53871, this pair ranks #137,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supportait vs supportant
Shared letters: aoprstu. Private to "supportait": i. Private to "supportant": n.
"supportait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "supportant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supportait ← spuportait · ssupportait · supoprtait · suportait · supporatit · supporrtait · supportaitt · supportati
- supportant ← spuportant · ssupportant · supoprtant · suportant · supporatnt · supporrtant · supportannt · supportantt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supportait" for "supportant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "supportait" vs "supportant" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "supportait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supportant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportait" and "supportant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportait vs supposait". 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 #137,862 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.