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comm

noun, verb

comm is spelled C-O-M-M: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, comm means “Clipping of communication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of comm is comms or comms..

How many letters and syllables are in comm?

Letters4: C-O-M-M
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is comm?

Comm appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 comm?

    Comm has one syllable (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).

    Forms of comm

    • comms plural, present, singular, he/she/it
    • comm.
    • comming participle, present
    • commed participle, past
    • comms. plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does comm mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      Clipping of communication.

      comms line

    2. 2

      Clipping of commission.

    3. 3

      Clipping of committee.

    4. 4

      Clipping of commandant.

    5. 5

      Synonym of commlink.

    verb

    1. 1

      Abbreviation of commission.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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