come up with
"come-up-with" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“come up with” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-come-up-with · come up with · English
come up with · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | come up with |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “come up with” in English
Rare enough to double-check
come up with 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 up with, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is come up with, spelled C-O-M-E- -U-P- -W-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
- 2To reach or overtake.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up, with.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how come up with appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
How can you come up with such brilliant ideas?
Unless Geoff can come up with the money for that train ticket, he'll be stuck in Des Moines for the weekend.
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.