Which to use
“supportent” and “supportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,074
- “supportent” frequency rank
- #34,322
- “supportés” frequency rank
- 47396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportent | supportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supporter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de supporter. |
Where the eye mixes supportent and supportés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: supportent vs supportés
A purely visual mix-up. supportent (\sy.pɔʁt\) and supportés (\sy.pɔʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supportent is recorded at frequency rank #13,074, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pɔʁt\. 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 47396, this pair ranks #187,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supportent vs supportés
Shared letters: oprstu. Private to "supportent": en. Private to "supportés": é.
"supportent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "supportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supportent ← spuportent · ssupportent · supoprtent · suportent · supporetnt · supporrtent · supportennt · supportentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supportent" and "supportés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "supportent" vs "supportés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "supportent" 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 #187,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportent" and "supportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportées vs supportés". 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 #187,311 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.