# coos vs cop

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### coos
*verb · IPA /kuːz/ · frequency rank #39,755*
third-person singular simple present indicative of coo

### cop
*verb · IPA /kɒp/ · frequency rank #3,804*
to capture or arrest someone

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coos-vs-cop