Which to use
“cair” is a verb and “cour” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,515
- “cair” frequency rank
- #41,064
- “cour” frequency rank
- 88579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cair | cour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To go. | A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons. |
Letter map: cair vs cour
Shared letters muted; letters that set cair and cour apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. cair and cour follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for cair / cour
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cair is averb and couranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cair is recorded at frequency rank #47,515, classified as averb. cour is at rank #41,064, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkʊə(ɹ)/.
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 88579, this pair ranks #6,165 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cair vs cour
Shared letters: cr. Private to "cair": ai. Private to "cour": ou.
"cair" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "cour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cair" and "cour" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cair" vs "cour" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cair" and "cour".
- Full dictionary entry for "cair" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,165 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cair" and "cour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cair vs CCI". 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 #6,165 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.