Which to use
“coole” and “cooles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,404
- “coole” frequency rank
- #16,670
- “cooles” frequency rank
- 23074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coole | cooles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs cool | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs cool |
Where the eye mixes coole and cooles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. coole runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against cooles's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: coole vs cooles
A purely visual mix-up. coole ([ˈkuːlə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “coole” sits inside “cooles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coole is recorded at frequency rank #6,404, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈkuːlə]. 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 23074, this pair ranks #1,866,101 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coole vs cooles
Shared letters: celo. Private to "coole": -. Private to "cooles": s.
"coole" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "cooles" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "coole" and "cooles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "coole" vs "cooles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "coole" and "cooles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coole" 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 #1,866,101 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coole" 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 #1,866,101 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.