# cocky

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɒk.i/ · frequency rank #17,321

## Definitions
1. Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

## Etymology
From cock (“male domestic chicken”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).

## Easily confused with
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-coy)
- **copy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-copy)
- **cook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-cook)
- **coke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-coke)
- **Cody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-cody)
- **cork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-cork)
- **cozy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-cozy)
- **Cory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-cory)
- **coco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-coco)
- **cosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-cosy)
- **cuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-cuck)
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-corey)
- **cooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-cooks)
- **cocoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-cocoa)
- **comfy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-comfy)
- **Comey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-comey)
- **Colby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-colby)
- **corny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-corny)
- **Cosby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-cosby)
- **Coney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocky-vs-coney)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccocky`, `ccoky`, `coccky`, `cockky`, `cockyy`, `cocyk`, `cokcy`, `occky`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cocky