Which to use
“comprend” and “comprenne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #918
- “comprend” frequency rank
- #11,933
- “comprenne” frequency rank
- 12851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprend | comprenne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de comprendre. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de comprendre. |
Where the eye mixes comprend and comprenne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: comprend vs comprenne
A purely visual mix-up. comprend (\kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃\) and comprenne (\kɔ̃.pʁɛn\) 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 12851, 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\. comprenne is at rank #11,933, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁɛn\.
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 12851, this pair ranks #403,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comprend vs comprenne
Shared letters: cemnopr. Private to "comprend": d. Private to "comprenne": -.
"comprend" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC · "comprenne" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comprend" and "comprenne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "comprend" vs "comprenne" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "comprend" and "comprenne" 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 "comprenne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprend" and "comprenne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compreniez vs comprenne". 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 #403,492 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.