supposéevssupposezConfusable pair

Quick tell: supposée is a adjective, supposez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“supposée” is an adjective and “supposez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,792
“supposée” frequency rank
#45,334
“supposez” frequency rank
56126
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supposée supposez
Definition Féminin singulier de l’adjectif supposé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supposer.

Same sound, different letters: supposée vs supposez

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

8 ch
supposée
8 ch
supposez

Ear matches; page differs - supposée and supposez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: supposée and supposez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

supposée is recorded at frequency rank #10,792, classified as anadj, pronounced \sy.po.ze\. supposez is at rank #45,334, 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 56126, this pair ranks #123,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of supposée vs supposez

Shared letters: eopsu. Private to "supposée": é. Private to "supposez": z.

"supposée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "supposez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • supposezspuposez · ssupposez · supopsez · suposez · suppoesz · supposezz · suppossez · supposze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "supposée" and "supposez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "supposée" is an adjective and "supposez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "supposée" or "supposez" show up more?
"supposée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,792 in our French list, against #45,334 for "supposez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "supposée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supposez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supposée" and "supposez" 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 #123,100 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