comestible
/kəˈmɛstəbl̩/
"comestible" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“comestible” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
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- below top-frequency English
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Suitable to be eaten; edible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comestible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈmɛstəbl̩/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comestible” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for comestible is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kəˈmɛstəbl̩/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Suitable to be eaten; edible.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for comestible, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō (“I eat”), from com- (English com-) + edō (“I eat”) (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible… The correct English form is comestible, spelled C-O-M-E-S-T-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Suitable to be eaten; edible.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō (“I eat”), from com- (English com-) + edō (“I eat”) (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible (“grocery”). Attested as adjective in late 15th century, from Middle French, but fell from use in the 17th century, thence reintroduced from Modern French in 19th century. Corresponding terms in various Romance languages, more distant cognates include Portuguese and Spanish comida.
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.
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Using “comestible”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-E-S-T-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kəˈmɛstəbl̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.