# cocker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒkə/ · frequency rank #36,492

## Definitions
1. One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
2. One who hunts woodcocks.
3. A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
4. A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.

## Etymology
From cock (“a male bird, especially a rooster”) and its derivative cocking (“the hunting of gamecocks”), + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **coke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-coke)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-cover)
- **cocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-cocks)
- **cocky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-cocky)
- **comer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-comer)
- **coker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-coker)
- **coder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-coder)
- **cower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-cower)
- **corner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-corner)
- **copper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-copper)
- **Cooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-cooper)
- **cooked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-cooked)
- **cooler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-cooler)
- **cooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-cooker)
- **confer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-confer)
- **cotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-cotter)
- **copier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-copier)
- **Croker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-croker)
- **corker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-corker)
- **Cowper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocker-vs-cowper)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccocker`, `ccoker`, `coccker`, `cocekr`, `cockerr`, `cockker`, `cockre`, `cokcer`, `occker`

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