cockerel
/ˈkɑkəɹəl/noun
cockerel is spelled C-O-C-K-E-R-E-L: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cockerel means “A young male chicken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cockerel is cockerels.
How many letters and syllables are in cockerel?
| Letters | 8: C-O-C-K-E-R-E-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is cockerel?
Cockerel appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th 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 cockerel?
- UK /ˈkɒkəɹəl/
- UK /ˈkɒkɹəl/
- US /ˈkɑkəɹəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cockerel.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cockerel
- cockerels plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cockerel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A young male chicken.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cockerel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense young male chicken:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | coquelet |
| German | Hähnchen, Junghahn, junger Hahn |
| Portuguese | frango |
| Spanish | gallo, gallito |
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 cockerel come from?
From Middle English kokerel. By surface analysis, cock + -rel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).