Which to use
“supporter” and “supportez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,043
- “supporter” frequency rank
- #42,636
- “supportez” frequency rank
- 45679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supporter | supportez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter ; soutenir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supporter. |
Same sound, different letters: supporter vs supportez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - supporter / supportez
This is the hard kind. supporter and supportez 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 differ by a single letter - r in “supporter” becomes z in “supportez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45679, 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\. 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 45679, this pair ranks #200,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supporter vs supportez
Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supporter": -. Private to "supportez": z.
"supporter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "supportez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supporter" and "supportez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "supporter" vs "supportez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "supporter" 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 #200,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supporter" 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 #200,886 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.