Which to use
“comprend” and “comprends” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #918
- “comprend” frequency rank
- #894
- “comprends” frequency rank
- 1812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprend | comprends |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de comprendre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de comprendre. |
Same sound, different letters: comprend vs comprends
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - comprend / comprends
This is the hard kind. comprend and comprends are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “comprend” sits inside “comprends”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprend is recorded at frequency rank #918, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃\. comprends is at rank #894, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃\.
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 1812, this pair ranks #437,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comprend vs comprends
Shared letters: cdemnopr. Private to "comprend": -. Private to "comprends": s.
"comprend" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC · "comprends" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comprend" for "comprends" ever safe?
Frequency check: "comprend" vs "comprends" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "comprend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comprends" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprend" and "comprends" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprends vs comprennes". 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 #437,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.