cop a feel

verb

"cop-a-feel" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cop a feel” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To fondle someone in a sexual manner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-cop-a-feel · cop a feel · English

cop a feel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for cop a feel
PropertyValue
Headwordcop a feel
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cop a feel” in English

cop a feelsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cop a feel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To fondle someone in a sexual manner.".

cop a feel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is cop a feel, spelled C-O-P- -A- -F-E-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    To fondle someone in a sexual manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Connor: All right. If cop a feel I must, then cop a feel I sh... What is that? I don't know. Wait. What does that mean? / Lise: No, finish it. / Connor: Then cop a feel I shall. No idea what that means, though. / Lise: "Cop a feel" means "grab a girl's boob".

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cop a feel"?
"cop a feel" is spelled C-O-P- -A- -F-E-E-L.
What does "cop a feel" mean?
As a verb, "cop a feel" means: To fondle someone in a sexual manner.
What language does "cop a feel" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list