comfort
/ˈkʌm.fɚt/noun, verb
comfort is spelled C-O-M-F-O-R-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,558th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, comfort means “Contentment, ease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of comfort is comforts.
How many letters and syllables are in comfort?
| Letters | 7: C-O-M-F-O-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 26 times per million words; the 3,558th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is comfort?
Comfort appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,558th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce comfort?
- UK /ˈkʌm.fət/
- /ˈkʊm.fət/
- US /ˈkʌm.fɚt/
Comfort has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-comfort.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with comfort?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as comfort from its last stressed vowel (/ʌmfəɹt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of comfort
- comforts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- comforting participle, present
- comforted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does comfort mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Contentment, ease.
Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
- 2
Something that offers comfort.
Coordinate term: glimmer (2020s, neologism; a happy moment)
- 3
A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
- 4
A cause of relief or satisfaction.
The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.
verb
- 1
To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
- 2
obsoleteTo make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
- 3
obsoleteTo assist or help; to aid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Comfort in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | confort , consoler |
| German | Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit, Komfort , trösten , Trost, Tröstung |
| Portuguese | conforto , confortar, reconfortar , consolo |
| Spanish | comodidad, confort , confortar , consuelo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does comfort come from?
From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).