# coming

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkʌmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #383

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of come

## Etymology
From Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).

## Easily confused with
- **Cong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-cong)
- **cumin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-cumin)
- **crying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-crying)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-coping)
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-curing)
- **cooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-cooking)
- **cooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-cooling)
- **copying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-copying)
- **cumming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-cumming)
- **comming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coming-vs-comming)
- **coin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coin-vs-coming)
- **comic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comic-vs-coming)
- **coins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coins-vs-coming)
- **Colin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colin-vs-coming)
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cling-vs-coming)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ching-vs-coming)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-coming)
- **comics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comics-vs-coming)
- **citing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-coming)
- **coding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-coming)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccoming`, `cmoing`, `coimng`, `comign`, `comingg`, `cominng`, `comnig`, `ocming`

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