comprises
/kəmˈpɹaɪzɪz/
"comprises" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“comprises” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,914
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of comprise
Corpus desk
Index EN-comprises · comprises · English
comprises · rank #8,914 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,914
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH composer
Nearest frequency peer: composer (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “comprises”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- comp
comp
91,090 corpus weight
- compilation
compilation
91,089 corpus weight
- composer
composer
91,088 corpus weight
- comprises
comprises
91,087 corpus weight
- constitute
constitute
91,086 corpus weight
- corresponde…
correspondence
91,085 corpus weight
What this shows “comprises” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comprises |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kəmˈpɹaɪzɪz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “comprises”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around comprises (IPA /kəmˈpɹaɪzɪz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,914 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of comprise".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for comprises, with forms such as "ccomprises", "cmoprises", and "commprises". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "comprise", "compress", "complies", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is comprises, spelled C-O-M-P-R-I-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of comprise
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomprises
- cmoprises
- commprises
- compirses
- compprises
- compriess
- comprisess
- comprisse
- comprisses
- comprrises
- comprsies
- comrpises
- copmrises
- ocmprises
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comprises - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comprises", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).