Which to use
“supportée” and “supportées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,170
- “supportée” frequency rank
- #44,758
- “supportées” frequency rank
- 80928
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportée | supportées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de supporter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de supporter. |
Same sound, different letters: supportée vs supportées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. supportée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against supportées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: supportée vs supportées
This is the hard kind. supportée and supportées are pronounced identically (\sy.pɔʁ.te\) and both work as averb. 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) - “supportée” sits inside “supportées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supportée is recorded at frequency rank #36,170, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ.te\. supportées is at rank #44,758, 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 80928, this pair ranks #19,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of supportée vs supportées
Shared letters: eoprstué. Private to "supportée": -. Private to "supportées": -.
"supportée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "supportées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supportée" for "supportées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "supportée" vs "supportées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "supportée" / "supportées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "supportée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supportées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportée" and "supportées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportées vs supportera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #19,841 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.