Which to use
“cools” and “coulis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,813
- “cools” frequency rank
- #43,366
- “coulis” frequency rank
- 66179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cools | coulis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin (et parfois féminin) pluriel de cool. | Qui coule. N’est plus usité que dans la locution : Vent coulis : vent qui coule, qui se glisse au travers des fentes et des trous. |
Where the eye mixes cools and coulis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cools and coulis
A purely visual mix-up. cools (\kul\) and coulis (\ku.li\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cools is recorded at frequency rank #22,813, classified as anadj, pronounced \kul\. coulis is at rank #43,366, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ku.li\.
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 66179, this pair ranks #68,941 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cools vs coulis
Shared letters: clos. Private to "cools": -. Private to "coulis": iu.
"cools" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "coulis" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cools" and "coulis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cools" vs "coulis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cools" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coulis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,941 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cools" and "coulis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coulis vs courais". 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 #68,941 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.