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Which to use

“supportées” and “supportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,758
“supportées” frequency rank
#34,322
“supportés” frequency rank
79080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supportées supportés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de supporter. Participe passé masculin pluriel de supporter.

Same sound, different letters: supportées vs supportés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. supportées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against supportés's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
supportées
9 ch
supportés

Ear matches; page differs - supportées and supportés

This is the hard kind. supportées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79080, 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\. 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 79080, this pair ranks #24,109 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of supportées vs supportés

Shared letters: oprstué. Private to "supportées": e. Private to "supportés": -.

"supportées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC  ·  "supportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "supportées" and "supportés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sy.pɔʁ.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "supportées" vs "supportés" - which ranks higher?
"supportés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,322 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

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "supportées" 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 #24,109 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supportées" and "supportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportées vs supportera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #24,109 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