# cocks vs corky

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cocks
*noun · IPA /kɒks/ · frequency rank #15,780*
plural of cock

### corky
*adjective · frequency rank #48,156*
Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocks-vs-corky
