# coles vs coli

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### coles
*noun · IPA /kəʊlz/ · frequency rank #23,786*
plural of cole

### coli
*noun · IPA /ˈkoʊ.laɪ/ · frequency rank #20,590*
Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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