Which to use
“cour” and “cours” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,064
- “cour” frequency rank
- #47,550
- “cours” frequency rank
- 88614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cour | cours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons. | three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season. |
Letter map: cour vs cours
Shared letters muted; letters that set cour and cours apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cour runs 4 letters (CVVC) against cours's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - cour / cours
cour and cours are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cour” sits inside “cours”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cour is recorded at frequency rank #41,064, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkʊə(ɹ)/. 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 88614, this pair ranks #6,137 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cour vs cours
Shared letters: coru. Private to "cour": -. Private to "cours": s.
"cour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "cours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cour" and "cours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cour" or "cours"?
Useful next steps
Pair "cour" vs "cours" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cour" 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 #6,137 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cour" 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 #6,137 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.