compréhension

\kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“compréhension” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,416. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,416
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
21
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faculté de comprendre, de concevoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-comprehension · compréhension · French

compréhension · rank #4,416 · 21 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,416
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compromis

Nearest frequency peer: compromis (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « compréhension »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « compréhension » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

compréhension vs compréhensive
85% similar
compréhension vs compréhensif
85% similar
compréhension vs compréhensifs
85% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for compréhension
PropertyValue
Headwordcompréhension
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#4,416
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compréhension »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.compréhensionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « compromis » (#4,415), « conclusions » (#4,417), « collectivités » (#4,414). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compréhension » est au #4,416. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around compréhension (IPA \kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,416 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for compréhension, with forms such as "ccompréhension", "cmopréhension", and "commpréhension". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "compréhensive", "compréhensif", "compréhensifs", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is compréhension, spelled C-O-M-P-R-É-H-E-N-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faculté de comprendre, de concevoir.
  2. 2
    Connaissance entière et parfaite.
  3. 3
    Qualité de ce qui est compréhensif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how compréhension appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vous dites, ma belle ? ajouta-t-il en s’interrompant et voyant, à l’air de son ouvrière, que la haute politique était hors de sa compréhension.
  2. Pour en revenir aux Chinois, j’affirme qu’ils ont une compréhension vive, une facilité d’assimilation étonnante. Je les ai vus à l’œuvre, et j’en parle par expérience.

Synonyms

comprenottecomprenureintelligenceentendement

Antonyms

incompréhension

This word in other languages

comprehension(English)comprensión(Español)Erfassung(Deutsch)compreensão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompréhension
  • cmopréhension
  • commpréhension
  • comppréhension
  • comprehension
  • comprhéension
  • comprréhension
  • compréehnsion
  • compréhenison
  • compréhennsion
  • compréhensino
  • compréhensionn
  • compréhensoin
  • compréhenssion
  • compréhesnion
  • compréhhension
  • compréhnesion
  • compérhension
  • comrpéhension
  • copmréhension
  • ocmpréhension

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compréhension - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccompréhension1cmopréhension2commpréhension1comppréhension1comprehension1comprhéension2comprréhension1compréehnsion2
Edit distance from "compréhension"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "compréhension"?
"compréhension" is spelled C-O-M-P-R-É-H-E-N-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "compréhension" mean?
As a noun, "compréhension" means: Faculté de comprendre, de concevoir.
What words are commonly confused with "compréhension"?
"compréhension" is commonly confused with "compréhensive", "compréhensif", "compréhensifs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compréhension"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compréhension" is \kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compréhension" come from?
"compréhension" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "compréhension", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

collectivités#4,414félicitations#4,423programmation#4,364modifications#4,511

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

administrative21 variantsautomatiquement21 variantscomportements21 variantsparlementaires21 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list