coma
co·ma/ˈkoʊmə/noun
coma is spelled C-O-M-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables (co·ma). It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coma means “A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coma is comas or comae.
How many letters and syllables are in coma?
| Letters | 4: C-O-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: co·ma |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is coma?
Coma appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce coma?
- UK /ˈkəʊmə/
- US /ˈkoʊmə/
Coma has 2 syllables, split co·ma in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-coma.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with coma
Sounds like: comber (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with coma?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coma from its last stressed vowel (/oʊmə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: camo.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of coma
- comas plural
- comae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
go into a coma
- 2
A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
- 3
A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
- 4
A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does coma come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).