Which to use
“cocked” and “coded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,479
- “cocked” frequency rank
- #13,305
- “coded” frequency rank
- 44784
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cocked | coded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Drunk. | Encoded; written in code or cipher. |
Where the eye mixes cocked and coded
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cocked vs coded
A purely visual mix-up. cocked (/kɑkt/) and coded (/ˈkəʊ.dəd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44784, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cocked is recorded at frequency rank #31,479, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɑkt/. coded is at rank #13,305, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈkəʊ.dəd/.
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 44784, this pair ranks #227,364 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cocked vs coded
Shared letters: cdeo. Private to "cocked": k. Private to "coded": -.
"cocked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "coded" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cocked" for "coded" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cocked" or "coded"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cocked" and "coded" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cocked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,364 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cocked" and "coded" 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 #227,364 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.