Which to use
“supporter” is a verb and “supporteurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,043
- “supporter” frequency rank
- #23,038
- “supporteurs” frequency rank
- 26081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supporter | supporteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter ; soutenir. | Pluriel de supporteur. |
Where the eye mixes supporter and supporteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between supporter and supporteurs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: supporter is \sy.pɔʁ.te\ while supporteurs is \sy.pɔʁ.tœʁ\. 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 26081, 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\. supporteurs is at rank #23,038, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ.tœʁ\.
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 26081, this pair ranks #337,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of supporter vs supporteurs
Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supporter": -. Private to "supporteurs": -.
"supporter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "supporteurs" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supporter ← spuporter · ssupporter · supoprter · suporter · supporetr · supporrter · supporterr · supportre
- supporteurs ← spuporteurs · ssupporteurs · supoprteurs · suporteurs · supporeturs · supporrteurs · supporterus · supporteurrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supporter" for "supporteurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "supporter" or "supporteurs"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "supporter" and "supporteurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "supporter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supporteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supporter" and "supporteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supportées vs supporteurs". 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 #337,220 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.