supporteravssupportezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“supportera” and “supportez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,170
“supportera” frequency rank
#42,636
“supportez” frequency rank
85806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supportera supportez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de supporter. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supporter.

Where the eye mixes supportera and supportez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
supportera
9 ch
supportez

Why the eye confuses supportera with supportez

A purely visual mix-up. supportera (\sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\) and supportez (\sy.pɔʁ.te\) 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 85806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

supportera is recorded at frequency rank #43,170, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\. 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 85806, this pair ranks #10,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of supportera vs supportez

Shared letters: eoprstu. Private to "supportera": a. Private to "supportez": z.

"supportera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "supportez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • supporteraspuportera · ssupportera · supoprtera · suportera · supporetra · supporrtera · supportear · supporterra
  • supportezspuportez · ssupportez · supoprtez · suportez · supporetz · supporrtez · supportezz · supporttez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "supportera" and "supportez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\sy.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\ versus \sy.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "supportera" vs "supportez" - which ranks higher?
"supportez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,636 in our French list, against #43,170 for "supportera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "supportera" 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 #10,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supportera" 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 #10,719 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list