cock of the walk
"cock-of-the-walk" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cock of the walk” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A proud or conceited person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cock-of-the-walk · cock of the walk · English
cock of the walk · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 of the walk |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cock of the walk” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cock of the walk is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A proud or conceited person.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cock of the walk in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is cock of the walk, spelled C-O-C-K- -O-F- -T-H-E- -W-A-L-K.
Definition
- 1A proud or conceited person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cock of the walk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
c. 19th century, J. M. Crofts (attributed), The Irish Rover With his smart witty talk He was cock of the walk And he rolled the dames under and over
"That fellow was not born yesterday. He is the cock of the walk here," said Peter; "I shouldn't wonder if it is our old friend himself." Three more birds came in, and as each took up his roosting place, the old bird repeated his challenge by snapping his beak at them.
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.