comming
"comming" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“comming” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,149
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling.
Corpus desk
Index EN-comming · comming · English
comming · rank #48,149 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,149
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Colson
Nearest frequency peer: Colson (-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 “comming”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- coauthor
coauthor
51,855 corpus weight
- Colson
Colson
51,853 corpus weight
- comming
comming
51,852 corpus weight
- Constantin
Constantin
51,851 corpus weight
- cookware
cookware
51,850 corpus weight
- Copacabana
Copacabana
51,848 corpus weight
What this shows “comming” 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 | comming |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “comming”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around comming, averb. Corpus frequency is #48,149 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for comming, with forms such as "ccomming", "cmoming", and "comimng". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "common", "commit", "coping", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is comming, spelled C-O-M-M-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of coming, now an occasional misspelling.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how comming appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When ſhe knew this galley a farre of, ſhe lift vp a ſigne in the poope of her ſhippe, and ſo Antonius comming to it, was pluckt vp where Cleopatra was, howbeit he ſaw her not at his firſt comming, nor ſhe him, but went and ſate down alone in the prowe of his ſhippe, and ſaid neuer a word, clapping his head betwene both his hands.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomming
- cmoming
- comimng
- commign
- commingg
- comminng
- commnig
- ocmming
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comming - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "comming", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).