Which to use
“supposé” is an adjective and “supposer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,898
- “supposé” frequency rank
- #8,624
- “supposer” frequency rank
- 15522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supposé | supposer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est faux, controuvé, fabriqué frauduleusement. | Poser une chose pour établie, l’admettre par hypothèse, afin d’en tirer ensuite quelque induction. |
Same sound, different letters: supposé vs supposer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. supposé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against supposer's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: supposé vs supposer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: supposé and supposer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sy.po.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15522, 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\. 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 15522, this pair ranks #391,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of supposé vs supposer
Shared letters: opsu. Private to "supposé": é. Private to "supposer": er.
"supposé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "supposer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supposer ← spuposer · ssupposer · supopser · suposer · suppoesr · supposerr · supposre · supposser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "supposé" and "supposer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "supposé" or "supposer" show up more?
What to do next
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 "supposer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supposé" 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 #391,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.