Which to use
“supprimée” and “supprimés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,161
- “supprimée” frequency rank
- #12,072
- “supprimés” frequency rank
- 26233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supprimée | supprimés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de supprimer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de supprimer. |
Same sound, different letters: supprimée vs supprimés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. supprimée (CVCCCVCVV) and supprimés (CVCCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - supprimée / supprimés
This is the hard kind. supprimée and supprimés 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 a single letter - e in “supprimée” becomes s in “supprimés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26233, 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\. supprimés is at rank #12,072, 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 26233, this pair ranks #336,315 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of supprimée vs supprimés
Shared letters: imprsué. Private to "supprimée": e. Private to "supprimés": -.
"supprimée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "supprimés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supprimée" for "supprimés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "supprimée" or "supprimés" show up more?
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 "supprimée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supprimés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,315 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supprimée" and "supprimés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supprimés vs suprêmes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #336,315 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.