Ohio · in-format generated example
COM 3142 — license plate combination
COM 3142 is filed as a generated example of the Ohio sequential passenger serial — AAA 9999 (3 letters + 4 digits). Letters COM sit in positions 1, 2, 3; digits 3142 sit in positions 4, 5, 6, 7. This page does not identify a car, an owner, or a live registration. It measures how the string sits inside a published character map of 175,760,000 slots, adopted in this atlas from 2012 after ABC 1234 county-sticker heart graphic.
Disclaimer. COM 3142 is not published here as a real vehicle or plate record. It is a generated example of a serial map for teaching and testing.
- Plate text
- COM 3142
- Alphanumeric
- COM3142
- State format
- Ohio · AAA 9999
- Character count
- 7
- Letters
- COM
- Numbers
- 3142
- Letter positions
- 1, 2, 3
- Numeric positions
- 4, 5, 6, 7
- Combinations in map
- 175,760,000
- Mixed-radix rank
- 17,283,142
How to read COM 3142
Spoken: Charlie · Oscar · Mike · three · one · four · two. Normalised forms: COM3142, slug com-3142, display COM 3142.
Character map
| Position | Glyph | Class | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Letter | Alphabetic series glyph (NATO: Charlie). |
| 2 | O | Letter | Alphabetic series glyph (NATO: Oscar). |
| 3 | M | Letter | Alphabetic series glyph (NATO: Mike). |
| — | space | Separator | Punctuation in the published pattern, not a serial value. |
| 4 | 3 | Digit | Numeric series glyph (spoken: three). |
| 5 | 1 | Digit | Numeric series glyph (spoken: one). |
| 6 | 4 | Digit | Numeric series glyph (spoken: four). |
| 7 | 2 | Digit | Numeric series glyph (spoken: two). |
Ohio format in brief
Ohio kept county stickers in the corners and a statewide ABC 1234 serial on the heart / sunrise graphic.
SPR 9932 is in-class. Display uses a space: SPR 9932. Full essay: Ohio license-plate format.
Combinatorics for COM 3142
Alphabet size 26 × the digit slots in AAA 9999 produces 175,760,000 serials. Rank 17,283,142 is about the 9.8334 percentile of that space (0 = first serial, 100 = last).
States whose map accepts COM3142
- Arizona (AAA9999)
- Georgia (AAA9999)
- Michigan (AAA 9999)
- New York (AAA-9999)
- North Carolina (AAA-9999)
- Ohio (AAA 9999)
- Pennsylvania (AAA-9999)
- Texas (AAA-9999)
- Virginia (AAA-9999)
- Washington (AAA9999)
- Wisconsin (AAA-9999)
Serial neighbours of COM 3142
Deterministic rank deltas. These links do not change on refresh.
Similar combinations (this request)
Same Ohio map, new PHP random draw on every reload — extra internal links, not a new identity for COM 3142.
Why someone might look up COM 3142
| Use | Note |
|---|---|
| Vanity research | People compare a wanted phrase against the sequential map so they can see whether it is a standard serial or a specialty request. |
| Fleet labelling | Inventories and film-unit vehicles often need a plausible unused-looking serial that still obeys a state’s character classes. |
| Fiction and props | Writers and set designers pick a combination that could exist on a given state’s dies without copying a photographed car. |
| Dataset testing | OCR, ANPR and form-validation tests need strings that match a published pattern, including separators. |
| Format teaching | The combination is a worked example of how many plates a map can hold, not a window into a motor-vehicle file. |
Generated example versus a real plate
A real Ohio plate is a physical die issued from a series or a vanity queue. COM 3142 on this URL is a string that fits that series’ character classes. Identical glyphs can exist in both worlds; this website has no feed that would let it tell them apart. If you need an official answer, ask the Ohio motor-vehicle agency, not plates.autos.
Questions about COM 3142
Which state does COM 3142 belong to?
COM 3142 is analysed here as a generated example of the Ohio passenger serial (AAA 9999). It is not assigned to a motorist by this site. The glyphs fit the sequential passenger skeleton used in this atlas.
Is COM 3142 real?
No claim is made that COM 3142 is currently issued, expired, or reserved. The string sits inside a published character map. Whether a DMV ever stamped it is a registration fact this atlas does not observe.
What does COM 3142 mean?
COM 3142 is a serial, not a slogan. Letters COM occupy positions 1, 2, 3; digits 3142 occupy positions 4, 5, 6, 7. Spoken with the NATO alphabet it reads Charlie · Oscar · Mike · three · one · four · two.
Which state uses COM 3142?
This page files COM 3142 under Ohio because it fits that state’s AAA 9999 passenger map. The same alphanumeric string also fits Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin. Other states with a different skeleton will reject the same glyphs.
Which vehicle uses COM 3142?
None that this atlas knows of. There is no vehicle make, model, colour, or VIN attached to COM 3142. If you photographed a car, the door-jamb sticker and the registration — not this page — identify the vehicle.
Which state’s format does COM 3142 follow?
Ohio sequential passenger plates are taught here as AAA 9999 (3 letters + 4 digits), in use in this atlas from 2012. Earlier Ohio plates used ABC 1234 county-sticker heart graphic.
Is COM 3142 a vanity plate?
Probably not, as modelled. Sequential passenger serials are issued in series; vanity (personalised) plates are requested strings that often break AAA 9999. COM 3142 fits the sequential map, so this atlas treats it as a series example, not a purchased phrase.
How is COM 3142 read?
Left to right as printed: COM 3142. Aloud: Charlie · Oscar · Mike · three · one · four · two. Hyphens and spaces are separators in the published pattern, not extra serial values.
Which letters and numbers are in COM 3142?
Letters: COM (3). Digits: 3142 (4). Combined alphanumeric length: 7. Separators in the Ohio display form are taken from AAA 9999.
How many combinations can the COM 3142 format produce?
The Ohio map AAA 9999 with a 26-letter alphabet yields 175,760,000 distinct serials. COM 3142 sits at rank 17,283,142 in that mixed-radix order (about the 9.8334 percentile).
Could COM 3142 have been issued before?
It could, mathematically: the string is inside the 175,760,000-slot space. Issuance is a DMV operation (series rolls, skipped blocks, recalls). This page does not query a live file and cannot say whether COM 3142 was ever bolted to a bumper.
Why does COM 3142 appear on Google?
Because plates.autos publishes a stable analysis URL for the combination. Search engines that crawl https://plates.autos/ohio/license-plate-combinations/com-3142/ are reading an educational combinatorics page, not a leaked registration. Ranking is not a proof of issuance.
Which country or region is COM 3142 from?
The working assumption on this page is the United States, Midwest region, state of Ohio. Other countries use different dies, shields and checksums. A similar glyph string abroad would be a coincidence of alphabet, not a shared registry.
Is COM 3142 a valid US format?
COM 3142 is a valid glyph string under the Ohio AAA 9999 sequential passenger model used in this atlas. Validity here means “fits a documented sequential passenger skeleton,” not “cleared by a motor-vehicle agency.” Optional, military, and government plates are out of scope.
Which characters can appear on COM 3142?
On the Ohio sequential map: letters from ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and digits 0–9. Skipped letters in this atlas: none modelled. Separators: whatever AAA 9999 prints (space, hyphen, or dot). Decorative dies and stacked graphics do not add serial glyphs.
How might COM 3142 have been generated?
Two honest answers. A DMV would emit it by walking the AAA 9999 series. This website can also construct it with PHP by placing letters COM and digits 3142 into those slots — which is exactly how a generated example is made. Neither method is a public records search.
Was COM 3142 used in a film or series?
This atlas does not track screen-used plates. Prop departments often invent in-format serials. If COM 3142 appeared on camera, that is outside the dataset here; treat any match as unverified.
Why might COM 3142 be blurred in a photo?
Publishers, Street View pipelines, and news desks often blur plates as a privacy habit, not because COM 3142 is special. A blur is not evidence that the combination is issued, sensitive, or unique.
What are similar plate numbers to COM 3142?
Immediate serial neighbours increment the mixed-radix rank by small deltas (for example COM 3139 and COM 3140). Same-format random draws on this page change on refresh so crawlers can discover more in-class URLs without turning COM 3142 itself into a moving target.
What appears online about COM 3142?
You may find this analysis, forum guesses, or unrelated hits (part numbers, product SKUs). None of those sources, including plates.autos, is a substitute for a state records request. COM 3142 as published here is a generated example combination.