Which to use
“com” and “combo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,446
- “com” frequency rank
- #15,110
- “combo” frequency rank
- 18556
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | com | combo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Communication. | Deux ou plusieurs appareils, fonctions, combinés en un. |
Where the eye mixes com and combo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between com and combo
A purely visual mix-up. com (\kɔm\) and combo (\kɔ̃.bo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “com” sits inside “combo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18556, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
com is recorded at frequency rank #3,446, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔm\. combo is at rank #15,110, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.bo\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18556, this pair ranks #377,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of com vs combo
Shared letters: cmo. Private to "com": -. Private to "combo": b.
"com" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "combo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- combo ← ccombo · cmobo · cobmo · combbo · commbo · comob · ocmbo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "com" for "combo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "com" vs "combo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "com" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "combo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "com" and "combo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "combo vs compos". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #377,717 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.