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“comprennes” and “comprenons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,212
“comprennes” frequency rank
#18,440
“comprenons” frequency rank
56652
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comprennes comprenons
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de comprendre. Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de comprendre.

Where the eye mixes comprennes and comprenons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
comprennes
10 ch
comprenons

Why the eye confuses comprennes with comprenons

A purely visual mix-up. comprennes (\kɔ̃.pʁɛn\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comprennes is recorded at frequency rank #38,212, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁɛn\. 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 56652, this pair ranks #119,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comprennes vs comprenons

Shared letters: cemnoprs. Private to "comprennes": -. Private to "comprenons": -.

"comprennes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVC  ·  "comprenons" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comprennesccomprennes · cmoprennes · commprennes · compernnes · compprennes · comprenens · comprenes · comprenness
  • comprenonsccomprenons · cmoprenons · commprenons · compernons · compprenons · comprennons · comprennos · comprenonns

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comprennes" and "comprenons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.pʁɛn\ versus \kɔ̃.pʁə.nɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "comprennes" or "comprenons" show up more?
"comprenons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,440 in our French list, against #38,212 for "comprennes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "comprennes" and "comprenons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comprennes" 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 #119,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comprennes" and "comprenons" 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 #119,765 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list