Which to use
“supportée” and “supportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,170
- “supportée” frequency rank
- #34,322
- “supportés” frequency rank
- 70492
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportée | supportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de supporter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de supporter. |
Same sound, different letters: supportée vs supportés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. supportée (CVCCVCCVV) and supportés (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - supportée / supportés
This is the hard kind. supportée and supportés 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 a single letter - e in “supportée” becomes s in “supportés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70492, 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\. 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 70492, this pair ranks #51,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of supportée vs supportés
Shared letters: oprstué. Private to "supportée": e. Private to "supportés": -.
"supportée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "supportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supportée" and "supportés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "supportée" 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 #51,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportée" and "supportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportée vs supportées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #51,137 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.