Which to use
“cool” and “cooles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,383
- “cool” frequency rank
- #16,670
- “cooles” frequency rank
- 18053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cool | cooles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sich einer ruhigen, beherrschten Aktion oder Art entsprechend verhaltend | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs cool |
Where the eye mixes cool and cooles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cool vs cooles
A purely visual mix-up. cool ([kuːl]) and cooles ([ˈkuːləs]) 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) - “cool” sits inside “cooles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cool is recorded at frequency rank #1,383, classified as anadj, pronounced [kuːl]. cooles is at rank #16,670, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkuːləs].
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 18053, this pair ranks #1,921,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cool vs cooles
Shared letters: clo. Private to "cool": -. Private to "cooles": es.
"cool" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "cooles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cool" and "cooles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cool" or "cooles"?
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 "cool" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cooles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,921,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cool" and "cooles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cooles vs coolness". 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 #1,921,848 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.