cooked

/kʊkt/

//kʊkt// adj

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"cooked" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cooked” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,950. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,950
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prepared by cooking.

Corpus desk

Index EN-cooked · cooked · English

cooked · rank #5,950 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,950
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH convert

Nearest frequency peer: convert (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cooked”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “cooked” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cooked vs cooks
67% similar
cooked vs coped
67% similar
cooked vs Croke
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cooked
PropertyValue
Headwordcooked
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/kʊkt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,950
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cooked”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).cookedlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “convert” (#5,949), “CT” (#5,951), “Connecticut” (#5,948). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “cooked” is #5,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cooked (IPA /kʊkt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,950 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cooked, with forms such as "ccooked", "coked", and "cokoed". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cooks", "coped", "Croke", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the past tense of the verb cook. The correct English form is cooked, spelled C-O-O-K-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prepared by cooking.
  2. 2
    Corrupted by conversion through a text format, requiring uncooking to be properly listenable.
  3. 3
    Partially or wholly fabricated, falsified.
  4. 4
    Done in, exhausted, pooped.
  5. 5
    In trouble; in a hopeless situation.
  6. 6
    Inebriated: drunk, high, or stoned.
  7. 7
    Hungover.
  8. 8
    Brain-damaged from drug use.
  9. 9
    Of a person: crazy, insane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Select this button only if you’re 200 percent sure that the files are cooked and that you want to overwrite the originals with the uncooked versions.
  2. Another cause of poor MP3 playback—especially when the sound is “gurgly”—is a “cooked” file. This means that at some point, the MP3 file has been transferred over the Web as an ASCII text file rather than a binary file.

Etymology

From the past tense of the verb cook.

This word in other languages

cocinado(Español)cuit(Français)gekocht(Deutsch)frito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccooked
  • coked
  • cokoed
  • cooekd
  • cookde
  • cookedd
  • cookked
  • ocoked

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cooked - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccooked1coked1cokoed2cooekd2cookde2cookedd1cookked1ocoked2
Edit distance from "cooked"

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 "cooked"?
"cooked" is spelled C-O-O-K-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /kʊkt/.
What does "cooked" mean?
As an adjective, "cooked" means: Prepared by cooking.
What words are commonly confused with "cooked"?
"cooked" is commonly confused with "cooks", "coped", "Croke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cooked"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cooked" is /kʊkt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "cooked"?
From the past tense of the verb cook. 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 "cooked", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dental#5,955chains#5,944Ashley#5,935freeze#5,965

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

arrives8 variantstends8 variantssealed8 variantspotato8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list