# comic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɒmɪk/ · frequency rank #3,475

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
2. Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
3. Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.
4. Of or relating to comics or sequential art.

## Etymology
From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).

## Easily confused with
- **comp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-comp)
- **comm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-comm)
- **Como** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-como)
- **coms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-coms)
- **COVID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-covid)
- **cubic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-cubic)
- **comma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-comma)
- **cumin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-cumin)
- **comte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-comte)
- **cynic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-cynic)
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-coming)
- **commit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-commit)
- **comics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-comics)
- **cosmic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-cosmic)
- **commie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-commie)
- **Coptic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-coptic)
- **Cormac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-cormac)
- **comical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-comical)
- **CMC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cmc-vs-comic)
- **CoC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coc-vs-comic)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccomic`, `cmoic`, `coimc`, `comci`, `comicc`, `commic`, `ocmic`

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