comics
/ˈkɑmɪks/
"comics" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“comics” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,402. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,402
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art
Corpus desk
Index EN-comics · comics · English
comics · rank #5,402 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,402
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH colonial
Nearest frequency peer: colonial (-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 “comics”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- chuck
chuck
94,602 corpus weight
- cinema
cinema
94,601 corpus weight
- colonial
colonial
94,600 corpus weight
- comics
comics
94,599 corpus weight
- compliance
compliance
94,598 corpus weight
- contrary
contrary
94,597 corpus weight
What this shows “comics” 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 | comics |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑmɪks/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “comics”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around comics (IPA /ˈkɑmɪks/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,402 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for comics, with forms such as "ccomics", "cmoics", and "coimcs". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "coms", "coming", "copies", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is comics, spelled C-O-M-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how comics appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[bold in original] "Comics" is the word worth defining, as it refers to the medium itself, not a specific object as "comic book" or "comic strip" do."
Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide by Lyga, Allyson and Lyga, Barry. (June 30, 2004) p. 162, →ISBN [bold in original] The plural of comic is typically used as a singular (as "politics" is) to refer to the entire medium or industry. Hence, "comics industry" or "comics creators."
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomics
- cmoics
- coimcs
- comcis
- comiccs
- comicss
- comisc
- commics
- ocmics
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comics - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "comics", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).