Which to use
“supportées” and “supportera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,758
- “supportées” frequency rank
- #43,170
- “supportera” frequency rank
- 87928
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportées | supportera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de supporter. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de supporter. |
Where the eye mixes supportées and supportera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses supportées with supportera
A purely visual mix-up. supportées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87928, 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\. 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 87928, this pair ranks #7,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of supportées vs supportera
Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supportées": é. Private to "supportera": a.
"supportées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "supportera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- supportera ← spuportera · ssupportera · supoprtera · suportera · supporetra · supporrtera · supportear · supporterra
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supportées" for "supportera" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "supportées" or "supportera" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "supportées" 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 #7,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportées" and "supportera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportées vs supportez". 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 #7,633 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.