# becket

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɛkɪt/ · frequency rank #38,753

## Definitions
1. A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
2. A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
3. A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
4. The clevis of a pulley block.
5. An eye in the end of a rope.
6. A pocket in clothing.
7. A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
8. A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
9. chough (the bird)

## Etymology
Compare Dutch bek (“beak”) beak, and English beak.

## Easily confused with
- **beet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becket-vs-beet)
- **Becky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becket-vs-becky)
- **beset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becket-vs-beset)
- **beret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becket-vs-beret)
- **bucket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becket-vs-bucket)
- **Bennet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becket-vs-bennet)
- **bicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becket-vs-bicker)
- **bracket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becket-vs-bracket)
- **Beckett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becket-vs-beckett)
- **beck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beck-vs-becket)
- **backed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backed-vs-becket)
- **basket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basket-vs-becket)
- **Becker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becker-vs-becket)
- **backer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-becket)
- **beaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaker-vs-becket)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbecket`, `bceket`, `beccket`, `becekt`, `beckket`, `beckte`, `bekcet`, `ebcket`

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