comprendre

\kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃dʁ\

/\kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃dʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“comprendre” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#600
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contenir en soi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-comprendre · comprendre · French

comprendre · rank #600 · 16 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #600
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH demain

Nearest frequency peer: demain (+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 « comprendre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « comprendre » 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).

comprendre vs comprends
80% similar
comprendre vs comprenne
80% similar
comprendre vs comprendrez
91% similar

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

Key facts for comprendre
PropertyValue
Headwordcomprendre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃dʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#600
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « comprendre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).comprendrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « demain » (#601), « classe » (#598), « demander » (#602). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « comprendre » est au #600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around comprendre (IPA \kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃dʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #600 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for comprendre, with forms such as "ccomprendre", "cmoprendre", and "commprendre". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "comprends", "comprenne", "comprendrez", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is comprendre, spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-N-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contenir en soi.
  2. 2
    Faire entrer dans un ensemble.
  3. 3
    Embrasser ou saisir par l’intelligence.
  4. 4
    Saisir le sens d’un mot, d’une langue, etc.
  5. 5
    Concevoir ou se faire une juste idée de quelque chose.
  6. 6
    Bien saisir les explications, les ordres qu’il donne, la langue qu’il parle, etc., en parlant de quelqu’un.
  7. 7
    Croire à tort, se méprendre.
  8. 8
    Se dit de deux personnes qui ont une grande connaissance l’une de l’autre, avec une nuance de sympathie, d’intimité.
  9. 9
    Être compréhensible, imaginable ou concevable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’univers comprend tout ce qui est.
  2. Les pays compris entre la Loire et la Seine.

Synonyms

entendreentraverpigersaisir

Antonyms

ignorer

This word in other languages

comprise(English)caber(Español)umfassen(Deutsch)compreender(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomprendre
  • cmoprendre
  • commprendre
  • comperndre
  • compprendre
  • comprednre
  • comprenddre
  • comprender
  • comprendrre
  • comprenndre
  • comprenrde
  • comprnedre
  • comprrendre
  • comrpendre
  • copmrendre
  • ocmprendre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comprendre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccomprendre1cmoprendre2commprendre1comperndre2compprendre1comprednre2comprenddre1comprender2
Edit distance from "comprendre"

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 "comprendre"?
"comprendre" is spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃dʁ\.
What does "comprendre" mean?
As a verb, "comprendre" means: Contenir en soi.
What words are commonly confused with "comprendre"?
"comprendre" is commonly confused with "comprends", "comprenne", "comprendrez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comprendre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comprendre" is \kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comprendre" come from?
"comprendre" 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 "comprendre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conditions#610politiques#635production#650population#545

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

entreprises16 variantsparticulier16 variantssimplement16 variantsdifférentes16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list