concomitant
/kənˈkɒmɪtənt/
"concomitant" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“concomitant” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #39,255 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #39,255
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concomitant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kənˈkɒmɪtənt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #39,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “concomitant” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for concomitant is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kənˈkɒmɪtənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,255 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for concomitant, with forms such as "cconcomitant", "cnocomitant", and "cocnomitant". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (“to accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“to accompany”), from comes (“companion”). The correct English form is concomitant, spelled C-O-N-C-O-M-I-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.
- 2Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action is occurring simultaneously to the primary action of the statement.
Etymology
First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (“to accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“to accompany”), from comes (“companion”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconcomitant,cnocomitant,cocnomitant,conccomitant,concmoitant,concoimtant,concomiatnt,concomitannt,concomitantt,concomitatn,concomitnat,concomittant,concommitant,concomtiant,conncomitant,conocmitant,ocncomitant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concomitant - 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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Using “concomitant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-C-O-M-I-T-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kənˈkɒmɪtənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.