Which to use
“supportées” is a verb and “supports” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,758
- “supportées” frequency rank
- #9,243
- “supports” frequency rank
- 54001
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportées | supports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de supporter. | Pluriel de support. |
Where the eye mixes supportées and supports
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between supportées and supports
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: supportées is \sy.pɔʁ.te\ while supports is \sy.pɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54001, 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\. supports is at rank #9,243, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ\.
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 54001, this pair ranks #136,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supportées vs supports
Shared letters: oprstu. Private to "supportées": eé. Private to "supports": -.
"supportées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "supports" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supports ← spuports · ssupports · supoprts · suports · supporrts · supporst · supportss · supportts
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "supportées" and "supports" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "supportées" or "supports"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "supportées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportées" and "supports" 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 #136,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.