supportéevssupporteraTell them apart

Which to use

“supportée” and “supportera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,170
“supportée” frequency rank
#43,170
“supportera” frequency rank
79340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supportée supportera
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de supporter. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de supporter.

Where the eye mixes supportée and supportera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
supportée
10 ch
supportera

Why the eye confuses supportée with supportera

A purely visual mix-up. supportée (\sy.pɔʁ.te\) and supportera (\sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\) 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 79340, 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\. supportera is at rank #43,170, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\.

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 79340, this pair ranks #23,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of supportée vs supportera

Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supportée": é. Private to "supportera": a.

"supportée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV  ·  "supportera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • supporteraspuportera · ssupportera · supoprtera · suportera · supporetra · supporrtera · supportear · supporterra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "supportée" and "supportera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\sy.pɔʁ.te\ versus \sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "supportée" or "supportera"?
"supportée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,170 in our French list, against #43,170 for "supportera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "supportée" and "supportera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "supportée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supportera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supportée" and "supportera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportées vs supportera". 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 #23,538 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list