Which to use
“supportée” and “supportez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,170
- “supportée” frequency rank
- #42,636
- “supportez” frequency rank
- 78806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportée | supportez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de supporter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supporter. |
Same sound, different letters: supportée vs supportez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - supportée / supportez
This is the hard kind. supportée and supportez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78806, 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\. supportez is at rank #42,636, 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 78806, this pair ranks #24,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of supportée vs supportez
Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supportée": é. Private to "supportez": z.
"supportée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "supportez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supportez ← spuportez · ssupportez · supoprtez · suportez · supporetz · supporrtez · supportezz · supporttez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supportée" for "supportez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "supportée" or "supportez"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "supportée" / "supportez". 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 "supportez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportée" and "supportez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportez vs supposez". 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 #24,831 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.