Which to use
“supposé” and “supposées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,898
- “supposé” frequency rank
- #23,040
- “supposées” frequency rank
- 29938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supposé | supposées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est faux, controuvé, fabriqué frauduleusement. | Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif supposé. |
Same sound, different letters: supposé vs supposées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. supposé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against supposées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - supposé / supposées
This is the hard kind. supposé and supposées are pronounced identically (\sy.po.ze\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “supposé” sits inside “supposées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supposé is recorded at frequency rank #6,898, classified as anadj, pronounced \sy.po.ze\. supposées is at rank #23,040, tagged as anadj, 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 29938, this pair ranks #313,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supposé vs supposées
Shared letters: opsué. Private to "supposé": -. Private to "supposées": e.
"supposé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "supposées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "supposé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supposées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supposé" and "supposées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supposées vs supposez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #313,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.