Which to use
“supprimée” and “supprimées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,161
- “supprimée” frequency rank
- #19,999
- “supprimées” frequency rank
- 34160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supprimée | supprimées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de supprimer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de supprimer. |
Same sound, different letters: supprimée vs supprimées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. supprimée runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVV) against supprimées's 10 (CVCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: supprimée vs supprimées
This is the hard kind. supprimée and supprimées 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 extra letter(s) - “supprimée” sits inside “supprimées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supprimée is recorded at frequency rank #14,161, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pʁi.me\. supprimées is at rank #19,999, 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 34160, this pair ranks #285,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supprimée vs supprimées
Shared letters: eimprsué. Private to "supprimée": -. Private to "supprimées": -.
"supprimée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "supprimées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "supprimée" and "supprimées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "supprimée" vs "supprimées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"supprimée" and "supprimées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "supprimée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supprimées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supprimée" and "supprimées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supprimées vs suppriment". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #285,760 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.