Which to use
“supporter” and “supportera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,043
- “supporter” frequency rank
- #43,170
- “supportera” frequency rank
- 46213
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supporter | supportera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter ; soutenir. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de supporter. |
Where the eye mixes supporter and supportera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses supporter with supportera
A purely visual mix-up. supporter (\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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “supporter” sits inside “supportera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supporter is recorded at frequency rank #3,043, 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 46213, this pair ranks #196,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supporter vs supportera
Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supporter": -. Private to "supportera": a.
"supporter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "supportera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- supporter ← spuporter · ssupporter · supoprter · suporter · supporetr · supporrter · supporterr · supportre
- supportera ← spuportera · ssupportera · supoprtera · suportera · supporetra · supporrtera · supportear · supporterra
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supporter" for "supportera" ever safe?
Frequency check: "supporter" vs "supportera" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "supporter" 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 #196,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supporter" and "supportera" 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 #196,718 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.