Comic

/[ˈkɔmɪk]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,693

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Comic is aGermannoun. It means: eine (nicht zwangsläufig komische) Bildergeschichte oder Bilderabfolge Pronounced [ˈkɔmɪk]. It ranks #5,693 in German word frequency. Often confused with como and Covid.

Key facts for Comic
PropertyValue
HeadwordComic
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɔmɪk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,693
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Comic in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Comic is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɔmɪk]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,693 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Comic, with forms such as "ccomic", "cmoic", and "coimc". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "como", "Covid", "comte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Comic, spelled C-O-M-I-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine (nicht zwangsläufig komische) Bildergeschichte oder Bilderabfolge
  2. 2
    ein Heft, das Comics [1] enthält; kurz für Comicheft

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccomic,cmoic,coimc,comci,comicc,commic,ocmic

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Comic

Misspelling Variants of "Comic"

ccomic6cmoic5coimc5comci5comicc6commic6ocmic5
Misspelling Variants of "Comic"

Frequency rank: #5,693 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Comic"?
"Comic" is spelled C-O-M-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɔmɪk].
What does "Comic" mean?
As a noun, "Comic" means: eine (nicht zwangsläufig komische) Bildergeschichte oder Bilderabfolge
What words are commonly confused with "Comic"?
"Comic" is commonly confused with "como", "Covid", "comte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Comic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Comic" is [ˈkɔmɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Comic" come from?
"Comic" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.