Which to use
“cold” is an adjective and “coli” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,848
- “cold” frequency rank
- #47,301
- “coli” frequency rank
- 66149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cold | coli |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kalt | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs cola |
Letter map: cold vs coli
Shared letters muted; letters that set cold and coli apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - cold and coli
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cold is anadjective and colianoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “cold” becomes i in “coli”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cold is recorded at frequency rank #18,848, classified as anadj, pronounced [kəʊld]. coli is at rank #47,301, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 66149, this pair ranks #582,959 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cold vs coli
Shared letters: clo. Private to "cold": d. Private to "coli": i.
"cold" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "coli" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cold" for "coli" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cold" or "coli"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cold" and "coli".
- Full dictionary entry for "cold" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coli" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #582,959 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cold" and "coli" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coli 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 #582,959 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.