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Which to use

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

#34,322
“supportés” frequency rank
#42,636
“supportez” frequency rank
76958
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supportés supportez
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de supporter. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supporter.

Same sound, different letters: supportés vs supportez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

9 ch
supportés
9 ch
supportez

Homophone desk: supportés vs supportez

This is the hard kind. supportés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76958, 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\. 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 76958, this pair ranks #29,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of supportés vs supportez

Shared letters: oprstu. Private to "supportés": é. Private to "supportez": ez.

"supportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "supportez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • supportezspuportez · ssupportez · supoprtez · suportez · supporetz · supporrtez · supportezz · supporttez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "supportés" and "supportez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sy.pɔʁ.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "supportés" vs "supportez" - which ranks higher?
"supportés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,322 in our French list, against #42,636 for "supportez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"supportés" and "supportez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "supportés" 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 #29,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supportés" 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 #29,698 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