Which to use
“supportées” and “supporter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,758
- “supportées” frequency rank
- #3,043
- “supporter” frequency rank
- 47801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportées | supporter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de supporter. | Porter ; soutenir. |
Same sound, different letters: supportées vs supporter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: supportées vs supporter
This is the hard kind. supportées and supporter 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supportées is recorded at frequency rank #44,758, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ.te\. supporter is at rank #3,043, 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 47801, this pair ranks #184,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supportées vs supporter
Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supportées": é. Private to "supporter": -.
"supportées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "supporter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supporter ← spuporter · ssupporter · supoprter · suporter · supporetr · supporrter · supporterr · supportre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supportées" for "supporter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "supportées" vs "supporter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"supportées" and "supporter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "supportées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supporter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportées" and "supporter" 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 #184,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.