Which to use
“complice” and “comprise” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,290
- “complice” frequency rank
- #6,938
- “comprise” frequency rank
- 14228
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | complice | comprise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui participe au délit ou au crime commis par un autre. | Féminin singulier de compris. |
Where the eye mixes complice and comprise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. complice and comprise follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between complice and comprise
A purely visual mix-up. complice (\kɔ̃.plis\) and comprise (\kɔ̃.pʁiz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
complice is recorded at frequency rank #7,290, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.plis\. comprise is at rank #6,938, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁiz\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 14228, this pair ranks #397,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of complice vs comprise
Shared letters: ceimop. Private to "complice": l. Private to "comprise": rs.
"complice" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "comprise" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "complice" and "comprise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "complice" vs "comprise" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "complice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comprise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "complice" and "comprise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compresse vs comprise". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #397,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.