cor vs cos, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#41,731
“cor” frequency rank: #29,065
“cos” frequency rank: 70796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	cor	cos
Definition	das Herz	Kosinus

Letter map: cor vs cos

Shared letters muted; letters that set cor and cos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

cor

3 ch

cos

Grammar separator: cor vs cos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cor is anoun and cosanabbrev. On the page they differ by a single letter - r in “cor” becomes s in “cos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cor is recorded at frequency rank #41,731, classified as anoun, 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 70796, this pair ranks #435,523 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cor vs cos

Shared letters: co. Private to "cor": r. Private to "cos": s.

"cor" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "cos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cor" and "cos" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cor" is a noun and "cos" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "cor" or "cos"?

"cos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,065 in our German list, against #41,731 for "cor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "cor" and "cos". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "cor" 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 #435,523 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"cor" and "cos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cor vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #435,523 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.