Which to use
“cours” and “courts” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,550
- “cours” frequency rank
- #3,224
- “courts” frequency rank
- 50774
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cours | courts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season. | plural of court |
Letter map: cours vs courts
Shared letters muted; letters that set cours and courts apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. cours runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against courts's 6 (CVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on cours vs courts
cours and courts 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cours is recorded at frequency rank #47,550, classified as anoun. courts is at rank #3,224, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɔɹts/.
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 50774, this pair ranks #171,273 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cours vs courts
Shared letters: corsu. Private to "cours": -. Private to "courts": t.
"cours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "courts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cours" and "courts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cours" or "courts"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cours" and "courts".
- Full dictionary entry for "cours" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,273 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cours" and "courts" 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 #171,273 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.