Which to use
“comprends” and “comprenons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #894
- “comprends” frequency rank
- #18,440
- “comprenons” frequency rank
- 19334
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprends | comprenons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de comprendre. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de comprendre. |
Where the eye mixes comprends and comprenons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses comprends with comprenons
A purely visual mix-up. comprends (\kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃\) and comprenons (\kɔ̃.pʁə.nɔ̃\) 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 19334, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprends is recorded at frequency rank #894, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃\. comprenons is at rank #18,440, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁə.nɔ̃\.
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 19334, this pair ranks #373,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comprends vs comprenons
Shared letters: cemnoprs. Private to "comprends": d. Private to "comprenons": -.
"comprends" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCC · "comprenons" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comprends ← ccomprends · cmoprends · commprends · compernds · compprends · compredns · comprendds · comprendss
- comprenons ← ccomprenons · cmoprenons · commprenons · compernons · compprenons · comprennons · comprennos · comprenonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comprends" and "comprenons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "comprends" or "comprenons" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "comprends" and "comprenons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "comprends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comprenons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprends" and "comprenons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprennes vs comprenons". 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 #373,782 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.