Which to use
“comes” is a verb and “cos” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,352
- “comes” frequency rank
- #29,065
- “cos” frequency rank
- 55417
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comes | cos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs come | Kosinus |
Letter map: comes vs cos
Shared letters muted; letters that set comes and cos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for comes / cos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comes is averb and cosanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comes is recorded at frequency rank #26,352, classified as averb, pronounced [kʌmz]. cos is at rank #29,065, tagged as anabbrev.
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 55417, this pair ranks #980,379 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comes vs cos
Shared letters: cos. Private to "comes": em. Private to "cos": -.
"comes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cos" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comes ← ccomes · cmoes · coems · comess · commes · comse · ocmes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comes" for "cos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "comes" vs "cos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "comes" and "cos".
- Full dictionary entry for "comes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #980,379 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comes" and "cos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCS vs cos". 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 #980,379 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.