cockerel
/ˈkɒkəɹəl/
"cockerel" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cockerel” is an uncommon English word, ranked #62,058 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,058
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A young male chicken.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cockerel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒkəɹəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cockerel” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for cockerel is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɒkəɹəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #62,058 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A young male chicken.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cockerel in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English kokerel. By surface analysis, cock + -rel. The correct English form is cockerel, spelled C-O-C-K-E-R-E-L.
Definition
- 1A young male chicken.
Etymology
From Middle English kokerel. By surface analysis, cock + -rel.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cockerel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-C-K-E-R-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.