# coals vs could

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### coals
*noun · IPA /kəʊlz/ · frequency rank #29,600*
plural of coal

### could
*verb · IPA /kəd/ · frequency rank #92*
simple past of can

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