Which to use
“supportée” and “supportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,170
- “supportée” frequency rank
- #13,074
- “supportent” frequency rank
- 49244
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportée | supportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de supporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supporter. |
Where the eye mixes supportée and supportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. supportée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against supportent's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between supportée and supportent
A purely visual mix-up. supportée (\sy.pɔʁ.te\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49244, 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\. 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 49244, this pair ranks #172,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supportée vs supportent
Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supportée": é. Private to "supportent": n.
"supportée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "supportent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supportent ← spuportent · ssupportent · supoprtent · suportent · supporetnt · supporrtent · supportennt · supportentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supportée" and "supportent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "supportée" or "supportent" show up more?
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 "supportée" 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 #172,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportée" and "supportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportée 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 #172,217 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.