Which to use
“comprend” and “comprenez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #918
- “comprend” frequency rank
- #7,546
- “comprenez” frequency rank
- 8464
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprend | comprenez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de comprendre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de comprendre. |
Where the eye mixes comprend and comprenez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses comprend with comprenez
A purely visual mix-up. comprend (\kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃\) and comprenez (\kɔ̃.pʁə.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8464, 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\. comprenez is at rank #7,546, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁə.ne\.
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 8464, this pair ranks #419,935 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comprend vs comprenez
Shared letters: cemnopr. Private to "comprend": d. Private to "comprenez": z.
"comprend" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC · "comprenez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "comprend" and "comprenez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "comprend" or "comprenez"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "comprend" and "comprenez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "comprend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comprenez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,935 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprend" and "comprenez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprenez vs compreniez". 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 #419,935 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.