cockscomb
noun
cockscomb is spelled C-O-C-K-S-C-O-M-B: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cockscomb means “The fleshy red crest of a rooster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cockscomb is cockscombs.
How many letters and syllables are in cockscomb?
| Letters | 9: C-O-C-K-S-C-O-M-B |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th 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 cockscomb?
Cockscomb appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 cockscomb?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-cockscomb.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cockscomb
- cockscombs plural
- cock's comb
- cock's-comb
- coxcomb
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cockscomb mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
- 2
A red cap once worn by court jesters.
- 3
A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia).
- 4
An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers.
- 5
archaicA conceited dandy.
- 6
A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cockscomb in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crête de coq |
| German | Hahnenkamm , Silber-Brandschopf |
| Portuguese | crista , crista-de-galo |
| Spanish | cresta |
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 cockscomb come from?
From Middle English cokkes comb; equivalent to cock + -s- + comb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).