Which to use
“supportée” is a verb and “supporters” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,170
- “supportée” frequency rank
- #3,966
- “supporters” frequency rank
- 40136
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportée | supporters |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de supporter. | Pluriel de supporter. |
Where the eye mixes supportée and supporters
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses supportée with supporters
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: supportée is \sy.pɔʁ.te\ while supporters is \sy.pɔʁ.te.ɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40136, 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\. supporters is at rank #3,966, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ.te.ɛʁ\.
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 40136, this pair ranks #242,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supportée vs supporters
Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supportée": é. Private to "supporters": -.
"supportée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "supporters" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supporters ← spuporters · ssupporters · supoprters · suporters · supporetrs · supporrters · supporterrs · supporterss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "supportée" and "supporters" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "supportée" or "supporters" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "supportée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supporters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportée" and "supporters" 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 #242,772 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.