Which to use
“comming” is a verb and “Cummings” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,149
- “comming” frequency rank
- #15,793
- “Cummings” frequency rank
- 63942
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comming | Cummings |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling. | A surname. |
Letter map: comming vs Cummings
Shared letters muted; letters that set comming and Cummings apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - comming and Cummings
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comming is averb and Cummingsaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comming is recorded at frequency rank #48,149, classified as averb. Cummings is at rank #15,793, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈkʌmɪŋz/.
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 63942, this pair ranks #80,301 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comming vs Cummings
Shared letters: cgimn. Private to "comming": o. Private to "Cummings": su.
"comming" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "Cummings" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "comming" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Cummings" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,301 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comming" and "Cummings" 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 #80,301 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.