comes
/kʌmz/
"comes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“comes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #432
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of come
Corpus desk
Index EN-comes · comes · English
comes · rank #432 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #432
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH close
Nearest frequency peer: close (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “comes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- york
york
99,572 corpus weight
- class
class
99,571 corpus weight
- close
close
99,570 corpus weight
- comes
comes
99,569 corpus weight
- I'd
I'd
99,568 corpus weight
- idea
idea
99,567 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “comes” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kʌmz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comes” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around comes (IPA /kʌmz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #432 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of come".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for comes, with forms such as "ccomes", "cmoes", and "coems". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cos", "core", "cops", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. The correct English form is comes, spelled C-O-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of come
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how comes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The term utopia comes from a Greek pun.
See, how this river comes me cranking in...
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomes
- cmoes
- coems
- comess
- commes
- comse
- ocmes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.