comprennent

\kɔ̃.pʁɛn\

/\kɔ̃.pʁɛn\/ verb

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The verdict

“comprennent” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,598
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de comprendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-comprennent · comprennent · French

comprennent · rank #3,598 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,598
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH composée

Nearest frequency peer: composée (-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 « comprennent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « comprennent » 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).

comprennent vs comprennes
82% similar
comprennent vs comprenne
82% similar
comprennent vs comprenant
82% similar

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

Key facts for comprennent
PropertyValue
Headwordcomprennent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.pʁɛn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,598
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « comprennent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).comprennentse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « composée » (#3,597), « conflits » (#3,599), « citer » (#3,596). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « comprennent » est au #3,598. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around comprennent (IPA \kɔ̃.pʁɛn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,598 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for comprennent, with forms such as "ccomprennent", "cmoprennent", and "commprennent". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "comprennes", "comprenne", "comprenant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is comprennent, spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-N-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de comprendre.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de comprendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les personnes autistes doivent apprendre de manière scientifique ce que les autres personnes comprennent de manière intuitive.
  2. Je me décide à leur parler allemand : pour qu’ils comprennent mieux, j’emploie mon haut allemand le plus clair, la langue officielle des théâtres de Meiningen et de Weimar, le hanovrien saccadé des auteurs juifs qui déclament les traductions de Verlaine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomprennent
  • cmoprennent
  • commprennent
  • compernnent
  • compprennent
  • comprenennt
  • comprenent
  • comprennennt
  • comprennentt
  • comprennetn
  • comprennnet
  • comprnenent
  • comprrennent
  • comrpennent
  • copmrennent
  • ocmprennent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comprennent - 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.

ccomprennent1cmoprennent2commprennent1compernnent2compprennent1comprenennt2comprenent1comprennennt1
Edit distance from "comprennent"

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 "comprennent"?
"comprennent" is spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-N-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pʁɛn\.
What does "comprennent" mean?
As a verb, "comprennent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de comprendre.
What words are commonly confused with "comprennent"?
"comprennent" is commonly confused with "comprennes", "comprenne", "comprenant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comprennent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comprennent" is \kɔ̃.pʁɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comprennent" come from?
"comprennent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

terroristes#3,574répartition#3,566obligations#3,552suppression#3,646

Similar misspelling depth

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

conséquent16 variantsapplications16 variantsAméricaines16 variantspartenariat16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list