# comment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒm.ɛnt/ · frequency rank #1,392

## Definitions
1. A spoken or written remark.
2. The act of commenting.
3. The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
4. A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.

## Etymology
From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”).

## Easily confused with
- **common** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-common)
- **commit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-commit)
- **covent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-covent)
- **content** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-content)
- **consent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-consent)
- **commons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-commons)
- **convent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-convent)
- **commune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-commune)
- **comming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-comming)
- **comments** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-comments)
- **commented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-commented)
- **commenter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-commenter)
- **comet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comet-vs-comment)
- **cement** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cement-vs-comment)
- **cogent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cogent-vs-comment)
- **command** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/command-vs-comment)
- **clement** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clement-vs-comment)
- **commend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commend-vs-comment)
- **commence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commence-vs-comment)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccomment`, `cmoment`, `comemnt`, `coment`, `commennt`, `commentt`, `commetn`, `commnet`, `ocmment`

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