Which to use
“comprendre” and “comprendrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #600
- “comprendre” frequency rank
- #17,908
- “comprendrez” frequency rank
- 18508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprendre | comprendrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contenir en soi. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de comprendre. |
Where the eye mixes comprendre and comprendrez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses comprendre with comprendrez
A purely visual mix-up. comprendre (\kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃dʁ\) and comprendrez (\kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁe\) 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 extra letter(s) - “comprendre” sits inside “comprendrez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprendre is recorded at frequency rank #600, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. comprendrez is at rank #17,908, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁe\.
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 18508, this pair ranks #377,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comprendre vs comprendrez
Shared letters: cdemnopr. Private to "comprendre": -. Private to "comprendrez": z.
"comprendre" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCV · "comprendrez" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comprendre ← ccomprendre · cmoprendre · commprendre · comperndre · compprendre · comprednre · comprenddre · comprender
- comprendrez ← ccomprendrez · cmoprendrez · commprendrez · comperndrez · compprendrez · comprednrez · comprenddrez · comprenderz
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comprendre" and "comprendrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "comprendre" or "comprendrez" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "comprendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comprendrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprendre" and "comprendrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprendrez 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 #377,957 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.