Which to use
“comming” is a verb and “commune” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,149
- “comming” frequency rank
- #19,560
- “commune” frequency rank
- 67709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comming | commune |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling. | A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community. |
Letter map: comming vs commune
Shared letters muted; letters that set comming and commune apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - comming and commune
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comming is averb and communeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comming is recorded at frequency rank #48,149, classified as averb. commune is at rank #19,560, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɒmjuːn/.
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 67709, this pair ranks #62,110 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comming vs commune
Shared letters: cmno. Private to "comming": gi. Private to "commune": eu.
"comming" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "commune" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "comming" and "commune" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "comming" vs "commune" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "comming" vs "commune" 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 "commune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,110 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comming" and "commune" 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 #62,110 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.