cockade
/kɒkˈeɪd/
"cockade" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cockade” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cockade · cockade · English
cockade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | cockade |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒkˈeɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cockade” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cockade is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɒkˈeɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cockade, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Partial calque of French cocarde. The correct English form is cockade, spelled C-O-C-K-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge.
- 2An emblem of concentric circles of different colours, identifying the country to which an aircraft belongs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cockade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] and Nature had moreover wrote GENTLEMAN with so fair a hand in every line of his countenance, that even his tarnish’d gold-laced hat and huge cockade of flimsy taffeta became him; […]
The escort were two mounted patriots in red caps and tri-coloured cockades, armed with national muskets and sabres, who rode one on either side of him.
Etymology
Partial calque of French cocarde.
This word in other languages
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.