# Comey

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkəʊmi/ · frequency rank #19,292

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-coy)
- **copy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-copy)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-core)
- **cope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cope)
- **comp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-comp)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cone)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cove)
- **cozy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cozy)
- **Cory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cory)
- **comm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-comm)
- **cosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cosy)
- **Como** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-como)
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cote)
- **coms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-coms)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cover)
- **comic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-comic)
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-corey)
- **comfy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-comfy)
- **cores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cores)
- **Cones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cones)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccomey`, `cmoey`, `coemy`, `comeyy`, `commey`, `comye`, `ocmey`

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