# could vs court

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### could
*verb · IPA /kʊd/; /kəd/ · frequency rank #16,478*
pretérito do verbo can ("poder"; "conseguir")

### court
*adjective · IPA /kuʁ/ · frequency rank #14,107*
curto, breve, rápido

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