Which to use
“supprimer” and “supprimez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,044
- “supprimer” frequency rank
- #34,770
- “supprimez” frequency rank
- 37814
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supprimer | supprimez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abolir ; annuler. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supprimer. |
Same sound, different letters: supprimer vs supprimez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. supprimer and supprimez 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 supprimez
This is the hard kind. supprimer and supprimez 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 a single letter - r in “supprimer” becomes z in “supprimez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37814, 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\. supprimez is at rank #34,770, 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 37814, this pair ranks #259,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of supprimer vs supprimez
Shared letters: eimprsu. Private to "supprimer": -. Private to "supprimez": z.
"supprimer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "supprimez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supprimer" and "supprimez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "supprimer" vs "supprimez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"supprimer" and "supprimez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "supprimer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "supprimez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #259,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supprimer" and "supprimez" 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 #259,757 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.