commingle
/kəˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/verb
commingle is spelled C-O-M-M-I-N-G-L-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, commingle means “To mix, to blend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in commingle?
| Letters | 9: C-O-M-M-I-N-G-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 commingle?
Commingle appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 commingle?
- /kəˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/
Commingle has 3 syllables (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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-commingle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of commingle
- commingles present, singular, he/she/it
- commingling participle, present
- commingled participle, past
- co-mingle
- comingle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does commingle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To mix, to blend.
To conclude otherwise requires accepting an attenuated fiction that commingling funds in an account, even if done decades earlier, means the account today still contains funds attributable to the sale of expropriated property.
- 2
To become mixed or blended.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Commingle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mix, blend:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | mischen, zusammenfügen, vermischen, mixen, vermengen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does commingle come from?
From com- + mingle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).