supposées vs supposés, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#23,040
“supposées” frequency rank: #15,515
“supposés” frequency rank: 38555
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	supposées	supposés
Definition	Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif supposé.	Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif supposé.

Same sound, different letters: supposées vs supposés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. supposées runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against supposés's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

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Same sound, different spelling - supposées / supposés

This is the hard kind. supposées and supposés 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

supposées is recorded at frequency rank #23,040, classified as anadj, pronounced \sy.po.ze\. supposés is at rank #15,515, 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 38555, this pair ranks #254,473 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of supposées vs supposés

Shared letters: opsué. Private to "supposées": e. Private to "supposés": -.

"supposées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "supposés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "supposées" and "supposés" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\sy.po.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "supposées" vs "supposés" - which ranks higher?

"supposés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,515 in our French list, against #23,040 for "supposées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "supposées" / "supposés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "supposées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "supposés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #254,473 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"supposées" and "supposés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supposées vs supposez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #254,473 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.