# could

> German word · Unknown · IPA [kʊd] · frequency rank #20,556

## Definitions
1. Präteritum (simple past) des Hilfsverbs can

## Easily confused with
- **coup** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/could-vs-coup)
- **court** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/could-vs-court)
- **Covid** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/could-vs-covid)
- **Coupé** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/could-vs-coupe)
- **count** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/could-vs-count)
- **cod** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/cod-vs-could)
- **col** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/col-vs-could)
- **cool** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/cool-vs-could)
- **Cola** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/cola-vs-could)
- **cole** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/cole-vs-could)
- **cold** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/cold-vs-could)
- **Colt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/colt-vs-could)
- **cord** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/cord-vs-could)
- **coll** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/coll-vs-could)
- **coli** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/coli-vs-could)
- **cloud** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/cloud-vs-could)
- **coole** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/coole-vs-could)
- **Couch** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/couch-vs-could)
- **child** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/child-vs-could)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccould`, `coudl`, `couldd`, `coulld`, `cuold`, `oculd`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/could