Which to use
“supposer” and “supposez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,624
- “supposer” frequency rank
- #45,334
- “supposez” frequency rank
- 53958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supposer | supposez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poser une chose pour établie, l’admettre par hypothèse, afin d’en tirer ensuite quelque induction. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supposer. |
Same sound, different letters: supposer vs supposez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: supposer vs supposez
This is the hard kind. supposer and supposez are pronounced identically (\sy.po.ze\) 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 differ by a single letter - r in “supposer” becomes z in “supposez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supposer is recorded at frequency rank #8,624, classified as averb, 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 53958, this pair ranks #137,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supposer vs supposez
Shared letters: eopsu. Private to "supposer": r. Private to "supposez": z.
"supposer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "supposez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supposer" for "supposez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "supposer" vs "supposez" - which ranks higher?
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 "supposer" 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 #137,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supposer" 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 #137,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.