cock-a-hoop
"cock-a-hoop" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cock-a-hoop” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exultant, very happy, triumphant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cock-a-hoop · cock-a-hoop · English
cock-a-hoop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cock-a-hoop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cock-a-hoop” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cock-a-hoop is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exultant, very happy, triumphant.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cock-a-hoop in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unknown The correct English form is cock-a-hoop, spelled C-O-C-K---A---H-O-O-P.
Definition
- 1Exultant, very happy, triumphant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cock-a-hoop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have to say I felt pretty cock-a-hoop straight after my epidural but, some hours later, my head felt as though someone large and heavy had been sitting on it.
Etymology
Unknown
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.