Alcock
"alcock" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alcock” is uncommon English (frequency #61,254 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,254
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Middle English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alcock · Alcock · English
Alcock · rank #61,254 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,254
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Ajayi
Nearest frequency peer: Ajayi (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Alcock”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- acrid
acrid
38,753 corpus weight
- agg
agg
38,751 corpus weight
- Ajayi
Ajayi
38,748 corpus weight
- Alcock
Alcock
38,747 corpus weight
- Alister
Alister
38,745 corpus weight
- allegiant
allegiant
38,744 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Alcock” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alcock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Alcock” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Alcock is uncommon English at frequency #61,254 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Middle English.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Alcock in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a hypocoristic form of several given names beginning with Al-, like Alan and Alexander, + the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok. Compare other surname like Hancock and Wilcock. The correct English form is Alcock, spelled A-L-C-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1A surname from Middle English.
Etymology
From a hypocoristic form of several given names beginning with Al-, like Alan and Alexander, + the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok. Compare other surname like Hancock and Wilcock.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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