keep one's cool
"keep-one-s-cool" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“keep one's cool” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To remain composed, calm, and even-tempered, especially in a provocative situation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-keep-one-s-cool · keep one's cool · English
keep one's cool · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keep one's cool |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “keep one's cool” in English
Rare enough to double-check
keep one's cool is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To remain composed, calm, and even-tempered, especially in a provocative situation.".
keep one's cool doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is keep one's cool, spelled K-E-E-P- -O-N-E-'-S- -C-O-O-L.
Definition
- 1To remain composed, calm, and even-tempered, especially in a provocative situation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how keep one's cool appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
All week long I've been keepin' my cool / But tonight I'm gonna let my hair down / And get down with these down home blues
In the heat of the afternoon, while Roger Clemens threw a temper tantrum and the Boston Red Sox became unraveled, Dave Stewart kept his cool.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.