commingvscommitConfusable pair

Which to use

“comming” and “commit” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,149
“comming” frequency rank
#4,067
“commit” frequency rank
52216
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comming commit
Definition Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

Letter map: comming vs commit

Shared letters muted; letters that set comming and commit apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
comming
6 ch
commit

Pair insight - comming / commit

comming and commit 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 52216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comming is recorded at frequency rank #48,149, classified as averb. commit is at rank #4,067, tagged as averb, pronounced /kəˈmɪt/.

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 52216, this pair ranks #158,912 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comming vs commit

Shared letters: cimo. Private to "comming": gn. Private to "commit": t.

"comming" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "commit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commingccomming · cmoming · comimng · commign · commingg · comminng · commnig · ocmming
  • commitccommit · cmomit · comimt · comit · committ · commti · ocmmit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comming" and "commit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "comming" vs "commit" - which ranks higher?
"commit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,067 in our English list, against #48,149 for "comming". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "comming" vs "commit" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comming" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "commit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #158,912 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comming" and "commit" 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 #158,912 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list