Which to use
“supporté” is an adjective and “supportés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,368
- “supporté” frequency rank
- #34,322
- “supportés” frequency rank
- 48690
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supporté | supportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | supporté par : dont le support est contenu dans. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de supporter. |
Same sound, different letters: supporté vs supportés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - supporté / supportés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: supporté and supportés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sy.pɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “supporté” sits inside “supportés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48690, 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\. supportés is at rank #34,322, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ.te\.
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 48690, this pair ranks #176,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supporté vs supportés
Shared letters: oprstué. Private to "supporté": -. Private to "supportés": -.
"supporté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "supportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "supporté" / "supportés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "supporté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supporté" and "supportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportées vs supportés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #176,794 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.