# cometh

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkʌm.əθ/ · frequency rank #34,439

## Definitions
1. third-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.

## Easily confused with
- **Comey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cometh-vs-comey)
- **comte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cometh-vs-comte)
- **covet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cometh-vs-covet)
- **compete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cometh-vs-compete)
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/come-vs-cometh)
- **comes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comes-vs-cometh)
- **comet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comet-vs-cometh)
- **comer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-cometh)
- **comedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comedy-vs-cometh)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccometh`, `cmoeth`, `coemth`, `comeht`, `comethh`, `cometth`, `commeth`, `comteh`, `ocmeth`

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