# could vs coulda

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### could
*verb · IPA /kəd/ · frequency rank #92*
simple past of can

### coulda
*verb · IPA /ˈkʊdə/ · frequency rank #31,939*
Contraction of could + have.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/could-vs-coulda