comprender

/[kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,036

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

comprender is aSpanishverb. It means: Rodear por todas partes de una cosa, tener algo dentro de sí. Pronounced [kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. It ranks #3,036 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with comprendo and comprendí.

Key facts for comprender
PropertyValue
Headwordcomprender
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,036
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of comprender in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for comprender is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,036 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for comprender, with forms such as "ccomprender", "cmoprender", and "commprender". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "comprendo", "comprendí", "comprendía", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is comprender, spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rodear por todas partes de una cosa, tener algo dentro de sí.
  2. 2
    Penetrar en el significado de lo que se dice o se hace, hacerse una idea de algo usando las facultades mentales.
  3. 3
    Compartir o encontrar razonable los motivos o el proceder de otra persona.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccomprender,cmoprender,commprender,compernder,compprender,compredner,comprendder,comprenderr,comprendre,comprenedr,comprennder,comprneder,comprrender,comrpender,copmrender,ocmprender

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for comprender

Misspelling Variants of "comprender"

ccomprender11cmoprender10commprender11compernder10compprender11compredner10comprendder11comprenderr11
Misspelling Variants of "comprender"

Frequency rank: #3,036 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "comprender"?
"comprender" is spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ].
What does "comprender" mean?
As a verb, "comprender" means: Rodear por todas partes de una cosa, tener algo dentro de sí.
What words are commonly confused with "comprender"?
"comprender" is commonly confused with "comprendo", "comprendí", "comprendía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comprender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comprender" is [kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comprender" come from?
"comprender" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.