Which to use
“comming” is a verb and “commuting” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,149
- “comming” frequency rank
- #19,793
- “commuting” frequency rank
- 67942
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comming | commuting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling. | travel between home and workplace |
Letter map: comming vs commuting
Shared letters muted; letters that set comming and commuting apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Role in the sentence - comming and commuting
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comming is averb and commutinganoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comming is recorded at frequency rank #48,149, classified as averb. commuting is at rank #19,793, tagged as anoun.
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 67942, this pair ranks #61,106 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comming vs commuting
Shared letters: cgimno. Private to "comming": -. Private to "commuting": tu.
"comming" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "commuting" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "comming" and "commuting" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "comming" vs "commuting" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "comming" and "commuting". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "comming" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commuting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,106 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comming" and "commuting" 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 #61,106 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.