Which to use
“supprimée” and “supprimer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,161
- “supprimée” frequency rank
- #3,044
- “supprimer” frequency rank
- 17205
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supprimée | supprimer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de supprimer. | Abolir ; annuler. |
Same sound, different letters: supprimée vs supprimer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. supprimée (CVCCCVCVV) and supprimer (CVCCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: supprimée vs supprimer
This is the hard kind. supprimée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17205, 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\. 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 17205, this pair ranks #384,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of supprimée vs supprimer
Shared letters: eimprsu. Private to "supprimée": é. Private to "supprimer": -.
"supprimée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "supprimer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supprimer ← spuprimer · ssupprimer · suppirmer · suppriemr · supprimerr · supprimmer · supprimre · supprmier
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supprimée" and "supprimer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "supprimée" vs "supprimer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"supprimée" and "supprimer" 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 "supprimer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supprimée" and "supprimer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supprimée vs suppriment". 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 #384,284 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.