Which to use
“comprise” and “comprises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,938
- “comprise” frequency rank
- #13,139
- “comprises” frequency rank
- 20077
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprise | comprises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de compris. | Féminin pluriel de compris. |
Same sound, different letters: comprise vs comprises
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: comprise vs comprises
This is the hard kind. comprise and comprises are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.pʁiz\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “comprise” sits inside “comprises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprise is recorded at frequency rank #6,938, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁiz\. comprises is at rank #13,139, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.pʁiz\.
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 20077, this pair ranks #370,053 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comprise vs comprises
Shared letters: ceimoprs. Private to "comprise": -. Private to "comprises": -.
"comprise" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "comprises" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comprise" for "comprises" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "comprise" or "comprises" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "comprise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comprises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,053 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprise" and "comprises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprises vs comptines". 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 #370,053 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.