Which to use
“cools” is a verb and “cours” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,099
- “cools” frequency rank
- #47,550
- “cours” frequency rank
- 74649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cools | cours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | third-person singular simple present indicative of cool | three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season. |
Letter map: cools vs cours
Shared letters muted; letters that set cools and cours apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cools / cours
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cools is averb and coursanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cools is recorded at frequency rank #27,099, classified as averb, pronounced /kuːlz/. cours is at rank #47,550, tagged as anoun.
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 74649, this pair ranks #35,692 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cools vs cours
Shared letters: cos. Private to "cools": l. Private to "cours": ru.
"cools" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "cours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cools" and "cours" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cools" or "cours"?
What to do next
Pair "cools" vs "cours" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cools" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,692 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cools" and "cours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cours vs Coutts". 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 #35,692 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.