Which to use
“supporter” and “supportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,043
- “supporter” frequency rank
- #34,322
- “supportés” frequency rank
- 37365
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supporter | supportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter ; soutenir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de supporter. |
Same sound, different letters: supporter vs supportés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - supporter / supportés
This is the hard kind. supporter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37365, 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\. 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 37365, this pair ranks #262,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supporter vs supportés
Shared letters: oprstu. Private to "supporter": e. Private to "supportés": é.
"supporter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "supportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supporter ← spuporter · ssupporter · supoprter · suporter · supporetr · supporrter · supporterr · supportre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supporter" and "supportés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "supporter" vs "supportés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"supporter" and "supportés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "supporter" 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 #262,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supporter" 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 #262,993 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.