cometh
/ˈkʌm.əθ/
"cometh" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cometh” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #34,439 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #34,439
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of come
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 | cometh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈkʌm.əθ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cometh” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for cometh is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkʌm.əθ/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,439 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "third-person singular simple present indicative of come".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cometh, with forms such as "ccometh", "cmoeth", and "coemth". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Comey", "comte", "covet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cometh, cumeþ, comth, cumþ, kimeð, from Old English cymþ, cymeþ, from Proto-Germanic *kwimidi, third person singular indicative of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -eth. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kumt, West … The correct English form is cometh, spelled C-O-M-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of come
Etymology
From Middle English cometh, cumeþ, comth, cumþ, kimeð, from Old English cymþ, cymeþ, from Proto-Germanic *kwimidi, third person singular indicative of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -eth. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kumt, West Frisian komt, Dutch komt, German Low German kummt, German kommt.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccometh,cmoeth,coemth,comeht,comethh,cometth,commeth,comteh,ocmeth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cometh - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “cometh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-E-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkʌm.əθ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Comey” - see the side-by-side comparison. cometh vs Comey
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.