Which to use
“supportait” and “supportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,366
- “supportait” frequency rank
- #13,074
- “supportent” frequency rank
- 41440
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportait | supportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de supporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supporter. |
Where the eye mixes supportait and supportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: supportait vs supportent
A purely visual mix-up. supportait (\sy.pɔʁ.tɛ\) and supportent (\sy.pɔʁt\) 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 41440, 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\. supportent is at rank #13,074, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.pɔʁt\.
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 41440, this pair ranks #233,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supportait vs supportent
Shared letters: oprstu. Private to "supportait": ai. Private to "supportent": en.
"supportait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "supportent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supportait ← spuportait · ssupportait · supoprtait · suportait · supporatit · supporrtait · supportaitt · supportati
- supportent ← spuportent · ssupportent · supoprtent · suportent · supporetnt · supporrtent · supportennt · supportentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supportait" for "supportent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "supportait" or "supportent" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "supportait" and "supportent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "supportait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportait" and "supportent" 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 #233,078 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.