chorsvscosConfusable pair

Quick tell: chors is a verb, cos is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“chors” is a verb and “cos” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,693
“chors” frequency rank
#29,065
“cos” frequency rank
64758
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chors cos
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs chor Kosinus

Letter map: chors vs cos

Shared letters muted; letters that set chors and cos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
chors
3 ch
cos

Grammar separator: chors vs cos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chors is averb and cosanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chors is recorded at frequency rank #35,693, classified as averb, pronounced […]. cos is at rank #29,065, tagged as anabbrev.

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 64758, this pair ranks #630,388 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chors vs cos

Shared letters: cos. Private to "chors": hr. Private to "cos": -.

"chors" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "cos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chorscchors · chhors · chorrs · chorss · chosr · chros · cohrs · hcors

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "chors" and "cos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chors" is a verb and "cos" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "chors" vs "cos" - which ranks higher?
"cos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,065 in our German list, against #35,693 for "chors". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "chors" vs "cos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chors" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #630,388 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chors" and "cos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chors vs puzzles". 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 #630,388 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list