Which to use
“comming” is a verb and “common” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,149
- “comming” frequency rank
- #631
- “common” frequency rank
- 48780
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comming | common |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling. | Mutual; shared by more than one. |
Letter map: comming vs common
Shared letters muted; letters that set comming and common apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for comming / common
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comming is averb and commonanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comming is recorded at frequency rank #48,149, classified as averb. common is at rank #631, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈkɒm.ən/.
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 48780, this pair ranks #189,835 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comming vs common
Shared letters: cmno. Private to "comming": gi. Private to "common": -.
"comming" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "common" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comming" and "common" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "comming" or "common" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "comming" and "common".
- Full dictionary entry for "comming" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "common" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,835 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comming" and "common" 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 #189,835 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.