compris

/\kɔ̃.pʁi\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#447

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

compris is anFrenchadj. It means: Contenu dans quelque chose. Pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁi\. It ranks #447 in French word frequency. Often confused with comptes and comprit.

Key facts for compris
PropertyValue
Headwordcompris
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\kɔ̃.pʁi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#447
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of compris in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for compris is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.pʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #447 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for compris, with forms such as "ccompris", "cmopris", and "commpris". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "comptes", "comprit", "Comtois", 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 French form is compris, spelled C-O-M-P-R-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contenu dans quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Dont le sens, les idées, la raison sont saisis, assimilés.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccompris,cmopris,commpris,compirs,comppris,compriss,comprris,comprsi,comrpis,copmris,ocmpris

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for compris

Misspelling Variants of "compris"

ccompris8cmopris7commpris8compirs7comppris8compriss8comprris8comprsi7
Misspelling Variants of "compris"

Frequency rank: #447 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "compris"?
"compris" is spelled C-O-M-P-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pʁi\.
What does "compris" mean?
As an adj, "compris" means: Contenu dans quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "compris"?
"compris" is commonly confused with "comptes", "comprit", "Comtois". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compris" is \kɔ̃.pʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compris" come from?
"compris" is a French 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.