come undone
"come-undone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“come undone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, undone; to become undone or unfastened.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | come undone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “come undone” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
come undone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for come undone, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is come undone, spelled C-O-M-E- -U-N-D-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, undone; to become undone or unfastened.
- 2To become disintegrated, to break into parts or pieces.
- 3To come to ruin, to fail; to lose one's composure or self-control.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “come undone”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-E- -U-N-D-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.