Which to use
“cox” is a noun and “cozy” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,783
- “cox” frequency rank
- #12,217
- “cozy” frequency rank
- 20000
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cox | cozy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. | Alternative spelling of cosy. |
Letter map: cox vs cozy
Shared letters muted; letters that set cox and cozy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for cox / cozy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cox is anoun and cozyanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20000, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cox is recorded at frequency rank #7,783, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɒks/. cozy is at rank #12,217, tagged as anadj.
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 20000, this pair ranks #434,236 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cox vs cozy
Shared letters: co. Private to "cox": x. Private to "cozy": yz.
"cox" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "cozy" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cozy ← ccozy · coyz · cozyy · cozzy · czoy · oczy
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cox" and "cozy" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cox" or "cozy"?
What to do next
Pair "cox" vs "cozy" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cox" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cozy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #434,236 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cox" and "cozy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cozy vs cuny". 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 #434,236 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.