# cools vs could

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cools
*verb · IPA /kuːlz/ · frequency rank #27,099*
third-person singular simple present indicative of cool

### 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/cools-vs-could