supportéesvssupporteraConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
supportées
10 ch
supportera

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

  • supporteraspuportera · ssupportera · supoprtera · suportera · supporetra · supporrtera · supportear · supporterra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "supportées" for "supportera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\sy.pɔʁ.te\ versus \sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "supportées" or "supportera" show up more?
"supportera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,170 in our French list, against #44,758 for "supportées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list