supprimentvssupprimerConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
suppriment
9 ch
supprimer

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?
No. They are said differently (\sy.pʁim\ versus \sy.pʁi.me\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "suppriment" or "supprimer"?
"supprimer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,044 in our French list, against #36,607 for "suppriment". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list