coravscosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#28,594
“cora” frequency rank
#29,065
“cos” frequency rank
57659
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cora cos
Definition 3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs corar Kosinus

Letter map: cora vs cos

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

4 ch
cora
3 ch
cos

Role in the sentence - cora and cos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cora is averb and cosanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cora is recorded at frequency rank #28,594, 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 57659, this pair ranks #892,730 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cora vs cos

Shared letters: co. Private to "cora": ar. Private to "cos": s.

"cora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coraccora · coar · corra · croa · ocra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cora" and "cos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cora" is a verb and "cos" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cora" or "cos"?
"cora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,594 in our German list, against #29,065 for "cos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cora" and "cos".

  • Full dictionary entry for "cora" 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 #892,730 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cora" and "cos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cora 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 #892,730 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