cocks
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The verdict
“cocks” is uncommon German (frequency #96,808 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,808
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cock
Corpus desk
Index DE-cocks · cocks · German
cocks · rank #96,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,808
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH colony
Nearest frequency peer: colony (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „cocks“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Cilli
Cilli
3,199 corpus weight
- cité
cité
3,198 corpus weight
- Claras
Claras
3,196 corpus weight
- cocks
cocks
3,193 corpus weight
- colony
colony
3,192 corpus weight
- consequences
consequences
3,190 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cocks“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cocks |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „cocks“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
cocks is uncommon German at frequency #96,808 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cock".
Zero misspellings are on record for cocks in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is cocks, spelled C-O-C-K-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cock
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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