Which to use
“supprimer” and “supprimés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,044
- “supprimer” frequency rank
- #12,072
- “supprimés” frequency rank
- 15116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supprimer | supprimés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abolir ; annuler. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de supprimer. |
Same sound, different letters: supprimer vs supprimés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. supprimer and supprimés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - supprimer and supprimés
This is the hard kind. supprimer 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
supprimer is recorded at frequency rank #3,044, 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 15116, this pair ranks #393,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of supprimer vs supprimés
Shared letters: imprsu. Private to "supprimer": e. Private to "supprimés": é.
"supprimer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "supprimés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- supprimer ← spuprimer · ssupprimer · suppirmer · suppriemr · supprimerr · supprimmer · supprimre · supprmier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "supprimer" for "supprimés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "supprimer" or "supprimés" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "supprimer" / "supprimés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "supprimer" 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 #393,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supprimer" and "supprimés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supprimés vs suprêmes". 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 #393,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.