cometh
/ˈkʌm.əθ/
"cometh" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cometh” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,439
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of come
Corpus desk
Index EN-cometh · cometh · English
cometh · rank #34,439 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,439
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH comer
Nearest frequency peer: comer (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cometh”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- coerce
coerce
65,567 corpus weight
- Coffey
Coffey
65,566 corpus weight
- combustible
combustible
65,565 corpus weight
- comer
comer
65,563 corpus weight
- cometh
cometh
65,562 corpus weight
- composition…
compositional
65,559 corpus weight
What this shows “cometh” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cometh”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cometh (IPA /ˈkʌm.əθ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,439 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cometh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer commeth.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).