# cougar

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkuːɡə/ · frequency rank #17,580

## Definitions
1. A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.
2. An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.

## Etymology
From French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, a deformation of Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana (earlier çuçuarana), from Old Tupi sûasuarana.

## Easily confused with
- **cour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cougar-vs-cour)
- **cough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cougar-vs-cough)
- **cigar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cigar-vs-cougar)
- **conga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conga-vs-cougar)
- **collar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collar-vs-cougar)
- **Coogan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coogan-vs-cougar)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccougar`, `coguar`, `couagr`, `cougarr`, `couggar`, `cougra`, `cuogar`, `ocugar`

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