# comes vs compel

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### comes
*verb · IPA /kʌmz/ · frequency rank #432*
third-person singular simple present indicative of come

### compel
*verb · IPA /kəmˈpɛl/ · frequency rank #20,067*
To drive together, round up.

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