# could vs coûts

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### coûts
*noun · IPA \ku\ · frequency rank #3,450*
Pluriel de coût.

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