Which to use
“cohort” and “colors” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,105
- “cohort” frequency rank
- #3,221
- “colors” frequency rank
- 20326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cohort | colors |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A group of people supporting the same thing or person. | plural of color |
Where the eye mixes cohort and colors
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cohort and colors follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cohort vs colors
A purely visual mix-up. cohort (/ˈkəʊ.hɔː(ɹ)t/) and colors (/ˈkʌl.əz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cohort is recorded at frequency rank #17,105, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkəʊ.hɔː(ɹ)t/. colors is at rank #3,221, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkʌl.əz/.
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 20326, this pair ranks #431,850 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cohort vs colors
Shared letters: cor. Private to "cohort": ht. Private to "colors": ls.
"cohort" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "colors" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cohort" for "colors" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cohort" vs "colors" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cohort" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colors" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,850 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cohort" and "colors" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colors vs cours". 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 #431,850 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.