# coal vs cocu

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### coal
*noun · IPA \kəʊl\ · frequency rank #43,849*
Braise (hot coals).

### cocu
*adjective · IPA \kɔ.ky\ · frequency rank #25,931*
Dupé, trompé, victime d’infidélité conjugale.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/coal-vs-cocu