Which to use
“clocked” and “cocked” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,930
- “clocked” frequency rank
- #31,479
- “cocked” frequency rank
- 54409
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clocked | cocked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Embroidered with clocks (i.e. figured decorations, not timepieces). | Drunk. |
Letter map: clocked vs cocked
Shared letters muted; letters that set clocked and cocked apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. clocked runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against cocked's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on clocked vs cocked
clocked and cocked are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54409, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clocked is recorded at frequency rank #22,930, classified as anadj. cocked is at rank #31,479, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kɑkt/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 54409, this pair ranks #141,295 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clocked vs cocked
Shared letters: cdeko. Private to "clocked": l. Private to "cocked": -.
"clocked" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "cocked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "clocked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cocked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,295 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clocked" and "cocked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocked vs corker". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #141,295 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.