cockade
/kɑˈkeɪd/noun
cockade is spelled C-O-C-K-A-D-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cockade means “A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cockade is cockades.
How many letters and syllables are in cockade?
| Letters | 7: C-O-C-K-A-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cockade?
Cockade appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cockade?
- UK /kɒkˈeɪd/
- US /kɑˈkeɪd/
Cockade has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cockade.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cockade?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cockade from its last stressed vowel (/eɪd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cockade
- cockades plural
- cocarde
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cockade mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge.
- 2
An emblem of concentric circles of different colours, identifying the country to which an aircraft belongs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cockade in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cockade come from?
Partial calque of French cocarde.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).