Which to use
“comprennent” and “comprennes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,598
- “comprennent” frequency rank
- #38,212
- “comprennes” frequency rank
- 41810
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprennent | comprennes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de comprendre. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de comprendre. |
Same sound, different letters: comprennent vs comprennes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. comprennent runs 11 letters (CVCCCVCCVCC) against comprennes's 10 (CVCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - comprennent and comprennes
This is the hard kind. comprennent 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprennent is recorded at frequency rank #3,598, 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 41810, this pair ranks #230,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comprennent vs comprennes
Shared letters: cemnopr. Private to "comprennent": t. Private to "comprennes": s.
"comprennent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCC · "comprennes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comprennent ← ccomprennent · cmoprennent · commprennent · compernnent · compprennent · comprenennt · comprenent · comprennennt
- comprennes ← ccomprennes · cmoprennes · commprennes · compernnes · compprennes · comprenens · comprenes · comprenness
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comprennent" for "comprennes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "comprennent" vs "comprennes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"comprennent" and "comprennes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "comprennent" 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 #230,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprennent" 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 #230,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.