come about
\kʌm ə.ˈbɑʊt\
The verdict
“come about” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arriver, avoir lieu, intervenir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | come about |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʌm ə.ˈbɑʊt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “come about” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
come about is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʌm ə.ˈbɑʊt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arriver, avoir lieu, intervenir.".
come about has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is come about, spelled C-O-M-E- -A-B-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Arriver, avoir lieu, intervenir.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “come about”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-E- -A-B-O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʌm ə.ˈbɑʊt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.