Which to use
“cocks” is a noun and “corky” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,780
- “cocks” frequency rank
- #48,156
- “corky” frequency rank
- 63936
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cocks | corky |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of cock | Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork. |
Letter map: cocks vs corky
Shared letters muted; letters that set cocks and corky apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cocks / corky
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cocks is anoun and corkyanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63936, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cocks is recorded at frequency rank #15,780, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɒks/. corky is at rank #48,156, tagged as anadj.
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 63936, this pair ranks #80,334 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cocks vs corky
Shared letters: cko. Private to "cocks": s. Private to "corky": ry.
"cocks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "corky" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cocks" and "corky" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "cocks" or "corky" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "cocks" vs "corky" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cocks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "corky" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,334 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cocks" and "corky" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "corker vs corky". 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 #80,334 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.