Comstock
"comstock" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Comstock” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,990. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,990
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-comstock · Comstock · English
Comstock · rank #33,990 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,990
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH conjuring
Nearest frequency peer: conjuring (+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 “Comstock”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cloaked
cloaked
66,016 corpus weight
- clocking
clocking
66,015 corpus weight
- clotting
clotting
66,014 corpus weight
- Comstock
Comstock
66,011 corpus weight
- conjuring
conjuring
66,010 corpus weight
- Cornelia
Cornelia
66,007 corpus weight
What this shows “Comstock” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Comstock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Comstock”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Comstock, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,990 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Comstock, with forms such as "ccomstock", "cmostock", and "commstock". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: The noun sense is from Anthony Comstock (and the Comstock laws which he propagated). From combe (“valley”) + stoc (“dwelling”). The correct English form is Comstock, spelled C-O-M-S-T-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
The noun sense is from Anthony Comstock (and the Comstock laws which he propagated). From combe (“valley”) + stoc (“dwelling”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccomstock
- cmostock
- commstock
- comsotck
- comsstock
- comstcok
- comstocck
- comstockk
- comstokc
- comsttock
- comtsock
- cosmtock
- ocmstock
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Comstock - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Comstock", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).