# could vs couru

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### could
*verb · IPA \kʊd\ · frequency rank #21,898*
Passé de can.

### couru
*adjective · IPA \ku.ʁy\ · frequency rank #9,459*
Fréquenté.

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