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

#19,999
“supprimées” frequency rank
#12,072
“supprimés” frequency rank
32071
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supprimées supprimés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de supprimer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de supprimer.

Same sound, different letters: supprimées vs supprimés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. supprimées runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVVC) against supprimés's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
supprimées
9 ch
supprimés

Same sound, different spelling - supprimées / supprimés

This is the hard kind. supprimées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32071, 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\. 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 32071, this pair ranks #299,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of supprimées vs supprimés

Shared letters: imprsué. Private to "supprimées": e. Private to "supprimés": -.

"supprimées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC  ·  "supprimés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "supprimées" for "supprimés" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sy.pʁi.me\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "supprimées" or "supprimés" show up more?
"supprimés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,072 in our French list, against #19,999 for "supprimées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "supprimées" / "supprimés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "supprimées" 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 #299,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supprimées" and "supprimés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supprimées vs suppriment". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #299,728 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