comprise

/\kɔ̃.pʁiz\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,938

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

comprise is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin singulier de compris. Pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁiz\. It ranks #6,938 in French word frequency. Often confused with comprit and comptine.

Key facts for comprise
PropertyValue
Headwordcomprise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\kɔ̃.pʁiz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,938
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for comprise is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.pʁiz\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,938 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin singulier de compris.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for comprise, with forms such as "ccomprise", "cmoprise", and "commprise". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "comprit", "comptine", "comprises", 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 comprise, spelled C-O-M-P-R-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de compris.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccomprise,cmoprise,commprise,compirse,compprise,compries,comprisse,comprrise,comprsie,comrpise,copmrise,ocmprise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for comprise

Misspelling Variants of "comprise"

ccomprise9cmoprise8commprise9compirse8compprise9compries8comprisse9comprrise9
Misspelling Variants of "comprise"

Frequency rank: #6,938 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

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