# Cockburn

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkoʊbəɹn/ · frequency rank #40,176

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A small town and locality in the outback of South Australia, on the border with New South Wales.
3. A local government area in Perth, Western Australia, named after Cockburn Sound and Sir George Cockburn; in full, the City of Cockburn.

## Etymology
Scottish habitational surname, from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + burne (“stream, brook, river”).

## Easily confused with
- **Coburn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coburn-vs-cockburn)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccockburn`, `ccokburn`, `cocbkurn`, `cocckburn`, `cockbburn`, `cockbrun`, `cockbunr`, `cockburnn`, `cockburrn`, `cockkburn`, `cockubrn`, `cokcburn`, `occkburn`

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