comesvscommWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: comes is a verb, comm is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comes” is a verb and “comm” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#432
“comes” frequency rank
#17,801
“comm” frequency rank
18233
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comes comm
Definition third-person singular simple present indicative of come Clipping of communication.

Letter map: comes vs comm

Shared letters muted; letters that set comes and comm apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
comes
4 ch
comm

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comes is averb and commanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comes is recorded at frequency rank #432, classified as averb, pronounced /kʌmz/. comm is at rank #17,801, tagged as anoun.

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 18233, this pair ranks #446,242 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comes vs comm

Shared letters: cmo. Private to "comes": es. Private to "comm": -.

"comes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "comm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comesccomes · cmoes · coems · comess · commes · comse · ocmes
  • commccomm · cmom · com · ocmm

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comes" and "comm" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comes" is a verb and "comm" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "comes" or "comm"?
"comes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #432 in our English list, against #17,801 for "comm". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list