Caulk or cock?
caulk is a noun meaning “Caulking”; cock is a noun meaning “A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus…”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) cock is about 87 times as common as caulk.
What is the difference between caulk and cock?
| caulk | cock | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb, interjection |
| Meaning | Caulking A composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time… To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight | A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) A cock pigeon To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired |
| Example | none recorded | A forlyued cok leiþ eiren in his laste elde... and ȝif any venemous worme sittiþ on broode þerevppon in þe canyculer dayes, þerof is… |
| Forms | caulks | cocks |
| Pronunciation | /kɔːk/ /kɔk/ /kɑk/ | /kɒk/ /kɑk/ |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words | 17 times per million words |
Sources: caulk and cock in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of caulk and cock
caulk
- 1
Caulking
- 2
To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight
- 3
A composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time after application
- 4
To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials
- 5
Alternative form of calk (“pointed projection on a horseshoe”)
- 6
slangTo copulate
- 7
slangA short sleep; a nap
- 8
slangTo take a short sleep; to nap
cock
- 1
A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
A forlyued cok leiþ eiren in his laste elde... and ȝif any venemous worme sittiþ on broode þerevppon in þe canyculer dayes, þerof is igendrid... a cocatrice
- 2
To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired
- 3
IrelandUKslangExpression of annoyance
- 4
A small conical pile of hay or grass
Near-synonyms: rick, stook, shock
- 5
To form into piles
- 6
Vulva, vagina
Born in the canebrake and you were suckled by a bear, Jumped right through your mammy's cock and never touched a hair
- 7
Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat
- 8
A cock pigeon
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, caulk or cock?
caulk appears about once in every 5 million words; cock 17 times per million words.
caulk about once in every 5 million wordscock 17 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).