Which to use
“comprenne” and “comprennes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,933
- “comprenne” frequency rank
- #38,212
- “comprennes” frequency rank
- 50145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprenne | comprennes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de comprendre. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de comprendre. |
Same sound, different letters: comprenne vs comprennes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: comprenne vs comprennes
This is the hard kind. comprenne and comprennes are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.pʁɛn\) 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) - “comprenne” sits inside “comprennes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprenne is recorded at frequency rank #11,933, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁɛn\. comprennes is at rank #38,212, 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 50145, this pair ranks #164,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comprenne vs comprennes
Shared letters: cemnopr. Private to "comprenne": -. Private to "comprennes": s.
"comprenne" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCV · "comprennes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comprenne ← ccomprenne · cmoprenne · commprenne · compernne · compprenne · comprene · comprenen · comprnene
- comprennes ← ccomprennes · cmoprennes · commprennes · compernnes · compprennes · comprenens · comprenes · comprenness
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "comprenne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comprennes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprenne" and "comprennes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compreniez 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 #164,943 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.