# comedy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒmɪdi/ · frequency rank #2,934

## Definitions
1. a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
2. a light, amusing play with a happy ending
3. a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
4. a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
5. the genre of such works
6. entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
7. the art of composing comedy
8. a humorous event

## Etymology
From Middle English comedie, from Middle French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía), from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + either ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) or ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer, bard”), both from ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”). Doublet of commedia.

## Easily confused with
- **comes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-comes)
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-corey)
- **comet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-comet)
- **comfy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-comfy)
- **Comey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-comey)
- **Coney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-coney)
- **comer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-comer)
- **coped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-coped)
- **covey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-covey)
- **comply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-comply)
- **cometh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-cometh)
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/come-vs-comedy)
- **Cody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cody-vs-comedy)
- **coed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coed-vs-comedy)
- **coded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coded-vs-comedy)
- **combed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combed-vs-comedy)
- **comedic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedic-vs-comedy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccomedy`, `cmoedy`, `coemdy`, `comdey`, `comeddy`, `comedyy`, `comeyd`, `commedy`, `ocmedy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/comedy