# comer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʌmɚ/ · frequency rank #34,438

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Middle English comere, equivalent to come + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-cor)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-core)
- **cope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-cope)
- **comp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-comp)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-cone)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-cove)
- **comm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-comm)
- **Como** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-como)
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-cote)
- **cour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-cour)
- **corr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-corr)
- **coms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-coms)
- **comes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-comes)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-cover)
- **comic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-comic)
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-corey)
- **comet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-comet)
- **comfy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-comfy)
- **cores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-cores)
- **Conor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-conor)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccomer`, `cmoer`, `coemr`, `comerr`, `commer`, `comre`, `ocmer`

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