Which to use
“supportés” is a verb and “supporteurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,322
- “supportés” frequency rank
- #23,038
- “supporteurs” frequency rank
- 57360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supportés | supporteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de supporter. | Pluriel de supporteur. |
Where the eye mixes supportés and supporteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between supportés and supporteurs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: supportés 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 57360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supportés is recorded at frequency rank #34,322, 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 57360, this pair ranks #115,507 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supportés vs supporteurs
Shared letters: oprstu. Private to "supportés": é. Private to "supporteurs": e.
"supportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "supporteurs" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supporteurs ← spuporteurs · ssupporteurs · supoprteurs · suporteurs · supporeturs · supporrteurs · supporterus · supporteurrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supportés" for "supporteurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "supportés" or "supporteurs"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "supportés" 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 #115,507 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supportés" and "supporteurs" 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 #115,507 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.