Which to use
“supporter” and “supposer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,043
- “supporter” frequency rank
- #8,624
- “supposer” frequency rank
- 11667
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supporter | supposer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter ; soutenir. | Poser une chose pour établie, l’admettre par hypothèse, afin d’en tirer ensuite quelque induction. |
Where the eye mixes supporter and supposer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: supporter vs supposer
A purely visual mix-up. supporter (\sy.pɔʁ.te\) and supposer (\sy.po.ze\) 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 11667, 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\. supposer is at rank #8,624, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.po.ze\.
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 11667, this pair ranks #408,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of supporter vs supposer
Shared letters: eoprsu. Private to "supporter": t. Private to "supposer": -.
"supporter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "supposer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supporter" and "supposer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "supporter" or "supposer" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "supporter" and "supposer" 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 "supposer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supporter" and "supposer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supposer 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 #408,290 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.