supportentvssupportezWhich spelling fits?

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

#13,074
“supportent” frequency rank
#42,636
“supportez” frequency rank
55710
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supportent supportez
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supporter. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supporter.

Where the eye mixes supportent and supportez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
supportent
9 ch
supportez

Why the eye confuses supportent with supportez

A purely visual mix-up. supportent (\sy.pɔʁt\) and supportez (\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 55710, 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\. supportez is at rank #42,636, 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 55710, this pair ranks #125,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of supportent vs supportez

Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supportent": n. Private to "supportez": z.

"supportent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC  ·  "supportez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • supportentspuportent · ssupportent · supoprtent · suportent · supporetnt · supporrtent · supportennt · supportentt
  • supportezspuportez · ssupportez · supoprtez · suportez · supporetz · supporrtez · supportezz · supporttez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "supportent" for "supportez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\sy.pɔʁt\ versus \sy.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "supportent" vs "supportez" - which ranks higher?
"supportent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,074 in our French list, against #42,636 for "supportez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "supportent" and "supportez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "supportent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supportez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #125,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supportent" and "supportez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportez vs supposez". 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 #125,713 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