# come vs cont

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### come
*verb · IPA /kʌm/ · frequency rank #161*
To move nearer to the point of perspective.

### cont
*verb · frequency rank #20,320*
Abbreviation of continue.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/come-vs-cont