cockfight
/ˈkɒkˌfaɪt/
"cockfight" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cockfight” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cockfight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒkˌfaɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cockfight” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cockfight is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɒkˌfaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cockfight, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cock + fight. The correct English form is cockfight, spelled C-O-C-K-F-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
Etymology
From cock + fight.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cockfight”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-C-K-F-I-G-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɒkˌfaɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.