Which to use
“coming” and “comming” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #383
- “coming” frequency rank
- #48,149
- “comming” frequency rank
- 48532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coming | comming |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of come | Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling. |
Letter map: coming vs comming
Shared letters muted; letters that set coming and comming apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Corpus notes: coming and comming
coming and comming are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coming is recorded at frequency rank #383, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈkʌmɪŋ/. comming is at rank #48,149, tagged as averb.
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 48532, this pair ranks #192,177 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coming vs comming
Shared letters: cgimno. Private to "coming": -. Private to "comming": -.
"coming" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "comming" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coming" and "comming" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "coming" or "comming"?
After this comparison
You've compared "coming" and "comming". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "coming" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comming" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,177 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coming" and "comming" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coining vs comming". 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 #192,177 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.