Comey
/ˈkəʊmi/
"comey" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Comey” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,292
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-comey · Comey · English
Comey · rank #19,292 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,292
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cohesive
Nearest frequency peer: cohesive (-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 “Comey”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- classed
classed
80,712 corpus weight
- clerks
clerks
80,711 corpus weight
- cohesive
cohesive
80,710 corpus weight
- Comey
Comey
80,709 corpus weight
- commando
commando
80,708 corpus weight
- complication
complication
80,707 corpus weight
What this shows “Comey” 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 | Comey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkəʊmi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #19,292 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Comey”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Comey (IPA /ˈkəʊmi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,292 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Comey, with forms such as "ccomey", "cmoey", and "coemy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coy", "copy", "core", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Two main origins: * Welsh habitational surname from a place called Cymau, in Flintshire, from cymau, plural of cwm (“valley”). * Reduced Anglicisized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choimdheadh (“son of the servant of Lord God”). The correct English form is Comey, spelled C-O-M-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Comey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After the President fired his FBI director in early May, he dismissed Comey as “a showboat,” “a grandstander” and a “nut job.”
Etymology
Two main origins: * Welsh habitational surname from a place called Cymau, in Flintshire, from cymau, plural of cwm (“valley”). * Reduced Anglicisized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choimdheadh (“son of the servant of Lord God”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomey
- cmoey
- coemy
- comeyy
- commey
- comye
- ocmey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Comey - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Comey", 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).