come back
verb
come back is spelled C-O-M-E-B-A-C-K: 8 letters. As a verb, come back means “To return to a place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in come back?
| Letters | 8: C-O-M-E-B-A-C-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce come back?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-come_back.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with come back
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: comeback (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of come back
- comes back present, singular, he/she/it
- coming back participle, present
- came back past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does come back mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To return to a place.
- 2
To return to one's possession, especially of memories.
Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.
- 3
To return to a relationship with a former romantic partner.
- 4
To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.
Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever.
- 5
To retort.
He came back with one of his snide remarks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Come back in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | revenir |
| German | zurückkommen, zurückkehren |
| Portuguese | voltar |
| Spanish | remontarse, repuntar, desquitarse, recobrarse |
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.