Comming or coming?
Did you mean coming? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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comming
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coming
Correct spelling: coming. Misspelling: comming.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
One M: come drops its E and adds -ing.
Why people write “comming”
The misspelling “comming” is only one letter off: it doubles the M, which coming spells with just one.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make coming automatic.
What does “coming” mean?
coming noun
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something
“the hunter's approach scattered the geese”
Synonyms:approachapproaching
- arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
“the advent of the computer”
Synonyms:advent
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
“the approach of winter”
Synonyms:approachapproaching
- the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
coming adjective
- of the relatively near future
“the approaching election”
Synonyms:approachingforthcomingupcoming
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Coming” in a sentence
- Are you coming to the party?
- The hunter's approach scattered the geese.
- The advent of the computer.
- The approach of winter.
Is “coming” a playable word?
11 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“comming” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COMING.