# coos vs costs

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### costs
*noun · IPA /ˈkɔsts/ · frequency rank #1,163*
plural of cost

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