# cock vs crick

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cock
*noun · IPA /kɒk/ · frequency rank #4,839*
A male bird, especially:

### crick
*noun · IPA /kɹɪk/ · frequency rank #36,944*
A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected.

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