Which to use
“suppriment” and “supprimer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,607
- “suppriment” frequency rank
- #3,044
- “supprimer” frequency rank
- 39651
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suppriment | supprimer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supprimer. | Abolir ; annuler. |
Where the eye mixes suppriment and supprimer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. suppriment runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCC) against supprimer's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between suppriment and supprimer
A purely visual mix-up. suppriment (\sy.pʁim\) and supprimer (\sy.pʁi.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suppriment is recorded at frequency rank #36,607, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pʁim\. 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 39651, this pair ranks #246,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suppriment vs supprimer
Shared letters: eimprsu. Private to "suppriment": nt. Private to "supprimer": -.
"suppriment" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCC · "supprimer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suppriment ← spupriment · ssuppriment · suppirment · suppriemnt · supprimennt · supprimentt · supprimetn · supprimment
- supprimer ← spuprimer · ssupprimer · suppirmer · suppriemr · supprimerr · supprimmer · supprimre · supprmier
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suppriment" and "supprimer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "suppriment" or "supprimer"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "suppriment" 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 #246,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suppriment" and "supprimer" 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 #246,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.