comprender
[kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
The verdict
“comprender” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,036
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rodear por todas partes de una cosa, tener algo dentro de sí.
Corpus desk
Index ES-comprender · comprender · Spanish
comprender · rank #3,036 · 16 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,036
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cantar
Nearest frequency peer: cantar (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “comprender”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bola
bola
96,968 corpus weight
- cable
cable
96,967 corpus weight
- cantar
cantar
96,966 corpus weight
- comprender
comprender
96,965 corpus weight
- corre
corre
96,964 corpus weight
- costos
costos
96,963 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “comprender” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | comprender |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “comprender” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around comprender (IPA [kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,036 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for comprender, with forms such as "ccomprender", "cmoprender", and "commprender". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "comprendo", "comprendí", "comprendía", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is comprender, spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rodear por todas partes de una cosa, tener algo dentro de sí.
- 2Penetrar en el significado de lo que se dice o se hace, hacerse una idea de algo usando las facultades mentales.
- 3Compartir o encontrar razonable los motivos o el proceder de otra persona.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how comprender appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Me dijo un geógrafo que América del Norte comprendía a Groenlandia.
No he comprendido su explicación.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomprender
- cmoprender
- commprender
- compernder
- compprender
- compredner
- comprendder
- comprenderr
- comprendre
- comprenedr
- comprennder
- comprneder
- comprrender
- comrpender
- copmrender
- ocmprender
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comprender - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comprender", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "comprender". Here's where to go from here.
- "comprender" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "comprendo". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,036 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.