# could vs COVID

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### COVID
*noun · IPA /ˈkəʊvɪd/ · frequency rank #8,774*
Clipping of COVID-19.

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