comer
/ˈkʌmɚ/noun
comer is spelled C-O-M-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, comer means “One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of comer is comers.
How many letters and syllables are in comer?
| Letters | 5: C-O-M-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 comer?
Comer appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th 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 comer?
- US /ˈkʌmɚ/
Comer has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-comer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with comer
Sounds like: cummer (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with comer?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as comer from its last stressed vowel (/ʌməɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: crome.
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 comer
- comers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does comer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
- 2
An ambitious person; one who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory;
- 3
One who arrives.
The champ will face all comers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Comer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a race:
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 comer come from?
From Middle English comere, equivalent to come + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).