Which to use
“supprimé” and “supprimer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,035
- “supprimé” frequency rank
- #3,044
- “supprimer” frequency rank
- 9079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supprimé | supprimer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de supprimer. | Abolir ; annuler. |
Same sound, different letters: supprimé vs supprimer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. supprimé runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against supprimer's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - supprimé / supprimer
This is the hard kind. supprimé and supprimer are pronounced identically (\sy.pʁi.me\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supprimé is recorded at frequency rank #6,035, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pʁi.me\. supprimer is at rank #3,044, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.pʁi.me\.
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 9079, this pair ranks #417,866 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of supprimé vs supprimer
Shared letters: imprsu. Private to "supprimé": é. Private to "supprimer": e.
"supprimé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "supprimer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supprimer ← spuprimer · ssupprimer · suppirmer · suppriemr · supprimerr · supprimmer · supprimre · supprmier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supprimé" for "supprimer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "supprimé" vs "supprimer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "supprimé" / "supprimer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "supprimé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supprimer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #417,866 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supprimé" and "supprimer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supplié vs supprimé". 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 #417,866 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.