supprimésvssupprimezConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#12,072
“supprimés” frequency rank
#34,770
“supprimez” frequency rank
46842
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature supprimés supprimez
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de supprimer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supprimer.

Same sound, different letters: supprimés vs supprimez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. supprimés and supprimez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
supprimés
9 ch
supprimez

Same sound, different spelling - supprimés / supprimez

This is the hard kind. supprimés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

supprimés is recorded at frequency rank #12,072, 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 46842, this pair ranks #191,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of supprimés vs supprimez

Shared letters: imprsu. Private to "supprimés": é. Private to "supprimez": ez.

"supprimés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "supprimez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • supprimez ← spuprimez · ssupprimez · suppirmez · suppriemz · supprimezz · supprimmez · supprimze · supprmiez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "supprimés" for "supprimez" 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.
Frequency check: "supprimés" vs "supprimez" - which ranks higher?
"supprimés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,072 in our French list, against #34,770 for "supprimez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "supprimés" 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 #191,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "supprimés" 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 #191,633 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