# cours

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,550

## Definitions
1. three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season.

## Etymology
From French cours in analogy to Japanese クール (kūru), originally singular (as dictated by Anime News Network for example) but later reanalyzed as a plural form.

## Easily confused with
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-cur)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-crs)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-cuts)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-cure)
- **cups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-cups)
- **cows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-cows)
- **Cubs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-cubs)
- **curb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-curb)
- **cues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-cues)
- **curl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-curl)
- **curt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-curt)
- **curd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-curd)
- **cuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-cuss)
- **cums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-cums)
- **court** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-court)
- **curse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-curse)
- **course** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-course)
- **covers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-covers)
- **courts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-courts)
- **Coutts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-coutts)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccours`, `corus`, `courrs`, `courss`, `cousr`, `cuors`

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