Which to use
“comment” is a noun and “comming” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,392
- “comment” frequency rank
- #48,149
- “comming” frequency rank
- 49541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comment | comming |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A spoken or written remark. | Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling. |
Letter map: comment vs comming
Shared letters muted; letters that set comment and comming apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - comment and comming
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comment is anoun and commingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comment is recorded at frequency rank #1,392, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɒm.ɛnt/. 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 49541, this pair ranks #182,619 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comment vs comming
Shared letters: cmno. Private to "comment": et. Private to "comming": gi.
"comment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "comming" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comment" and "comming" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "comment" or "comming"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "comment" and "comming".
- Full dictionary entry for "comment" 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 #182,619 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comment" 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 #182,619 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.