suppriméesvssupprimentWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“supprimées” and “suppriment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,999
“supprimées” frequency rank
#36,607
“suppriment” frequency rank
56606
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supprimées suppriment
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de supprimer. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supprimer.

Where the eye mixes supprimées and suppriment

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. supprimées (CVCCCVCVVC) and suppriment (CVCCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
supprimées
10 ch
suppriment

Visual trap between supprimées and suppriment

A purely visual mix-up. supprimées (\sy.pʁi.me\) and suppriment (\sy.pʁim\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56606, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

supprimées is recorded at frequency rank #19,999, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pʁi.me\. suppriment is at rank #36,607, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.pʁim\.

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 56606, this pair ranks #120,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of supprimées vs suppriment

Shared letters: eimprsu. Private to "supprimées": é. Private to "suppriment": nt.

"supprimées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC  ·  "suppriment" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suppriment ← spupriment · ssuppriment · suppirment · suppriemnt · supprimennt · supprimentt · supprimetn · supprimment

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "supprimées" and "suppriment" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\sy.pʁi.me\ versus \sy.pʁim\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "supprimées" or "suppriment" show up more?
"supprimées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,999 in our French list, against #36,607 for "suppriment". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "supprimées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suppriment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #120,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supprimées" and "suppriment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suppriment vs supprimez". 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 #120,032 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list