cocksucker

noun

"cocksucker" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cocksucker” is uncommon English (frequency #56,670 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,670
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A very annoying or objectionable person; any contemptible person.

Corpus desk

Index EN-cocksucker · cocksucker · English

cocksucker · rank #56,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,670
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH codecs

Nearest frequency peer: codecs (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “cocksucker”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “cocksucker” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cocksucker
PropertyValue
Headwordcocksucker
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,670
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cocksucker” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).cocksuckerfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “codecs” (#56,671), “colonialist” (#56,672), “colter” (#56,673). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “cocksucker” is #56,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cocksucker is uncommon English at frequency #56,670 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

cocksucker has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From cock + sucker. The correct English form is cocksucker, spelled C-O-C-K-S-U-C-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A very annoying or objectionable person; any contemptible person.
  2. 2
    Someone who performs fellatio.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cocksucker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I'm extremely happy that I'm not a part of a committee that cocksucker is in.
  2. "Bodie!... You cocksucker, you said it wouldn't snow any more! You said we could make it!"

Etymology

From cock + sucker.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cocksucker"?
"cocksucker" is spelled C-O-C-K-S-U-C-K-E-R.
What does "cocksucker" mean?
As a noun, "cocksucker" means: A very annoying or objectionable person; any contemptible person.
What is the origin of the word "cocksucker"?
From cock + sucker. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cocksucker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list