cockspur
"cockspur" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cockspur” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cockspur |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cockspur” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for cockspur is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cockspur, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cokkispore, equivalent to cock + spur. The correct English form is cockspur, spelled C-O-C-K-S-P-U-R.
Definition
- 1A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
- 2Grass of species (Echinochloa crus-galli).
- 3A hawthorn of species (Crataegus crus-galli).
- 4Orchard grass, a widely grown tall stout hay and pasture grass (Dactylis glomerata) of Eurasia.
- 5A small West Indian tree (Pisonia aculeata).
- 6Any of several spiny trees, formerly all of the genus Acacia, such as Vachellia cookii (cockspur acacia).
- 7Burgrass of species Cenchrus echinatus.
- 8An annual European weed of species Centaurea melitensis, naturalized in North and South America.
- 9Any plant of species Casearia aculeata, of the tropical Americas.
Etymology
From Middle English cokkispore, equivalent to cock + spur.
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 “cockspur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-C-K-S-P-U-R - 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.