Which to use
“supporté” is an adjective and “supportent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,368
- “supporté” frequency rank
- #13,074
- “supportent” frequency rank
- 27442
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supporté | supportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | supporté par : dont le support est contenu dans. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supporter. |
Where the eye mixes supporté and supportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: supporté vs supportent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: supporté is \sy.pɔʁ.te\ while supportent is \sy.pɔʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supporté is recorded at frequency rank #14,368, classified as anadj, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ.te\. 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 27442, this pair ranks #328,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supporté vs supportent
Shared letters: oprstu. Private to "supporté": é. Private to "supportent": en.
"supporté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "supportent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supportent ← spuportent · ssupportent · supoprtent · suportent · supporetnt · supporrtent · supportennt · supportentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supporté" and "supportent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "supporté" or "supportent"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "supporté" 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 #328,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supporté" and "supportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supporté vs supportées". 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 #328,910 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.