# comprehensive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/ · frequency rank #3,868

## Definitions
1. Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

## Etymology
Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin comprehendō.

## Easily confused with
- **comprehensively** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comprehensive-vs-comprehensively)
- **comprehension** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comprehension-vs-comprehensive)
- **comprehensible** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comprehensible-vs-comprehensive)

## Common misspellings (20)
`ccomprehensive`, `cmoprehensive`, `commprehensive`, `comperhensive`, `compprehensive`, `compreehnsive`, `comprehenisve`, `comprehennsive`, `comprehensiev`, `comprehensivve`, `comprehenssive`, `comprehensvie`, `comprehesnive`, `comprehhensive`, `comprehnesive`, `comprheensive`, `comprrehensive`, `comrpehensive`, `copmrehensive`, `ocmprehensive`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/comprehensive