Which to use
“supprimés” is a verb and “surprises” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,072
- “supprimés” frequency rank
- #6,444
- “surprises” frequency rank
- 18516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | supprimés | surprises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de supprimer. | Féminin pluriel de l'adjectif surpris. |
Where the eye mixes supprimés and surprises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. supprimés and surprises follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between supprimés and surprises
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: supprimés is \sy.pʁi.me\ while surprises is \syʁ.pʁiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18516, 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\. surprises is at rank #6,444, tagged as anadj, pronounced \syʁ.pʁiz\.
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 18516, this pair ranks #377,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of supprimés vs surprises
Shared letters: iprsu. Private to "supprimés": mé. Private to "surprises": e.
"supprimés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "surprises" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- surprises ← sruprises · ssurprises · suprrises · surpirses · surpprises · surpriess · surprisess · surprisses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "supprimés" and "surprises" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "supprimés" vs "surprises" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "supprimés" and "surprises" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "supprimés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "surprises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "supprimés" and "surprises" 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 #377,916 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.