company
/ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/
"company" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“company” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #224 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #224
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
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 | company |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “company” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for company is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/. Corpus data places it at rank #224 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for company, with forms such as "ccompany", "cmopany", and "comapny". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "comply", "compare", "compass", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon … The correct English form is company, spelled C-O-M-P-A-N-Y.
Definition
- 1A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
- 2A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
- 3A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
- 4A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
- 5A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
- 6A small group of birds or animals.
- 7An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- 8Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- 9Social visitors or companions.
- 10adversaries, enemies, or rivals; unwanted company.
- 11Companionship.
Etymology
From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion. Displaced native Old English werod, gefer, getæl, and hired.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccompany,cmopany,comapny,commpany,companny,companyy,compayn,compnay,comppany,copmany,ocmpany
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of company - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “company”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-P-A-N-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “comply” - see the side-by-side comparison. company vs comply
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.