copt
"copt" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“copt” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of cop
Corpus desk
Index EN-copt · copt · English
copt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | copt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “copt” in English
Rare enough to double-check
copt is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of cop".
copt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is copt, spelled C-O-P-T.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of cop
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how copt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We used to play at "locking up," / When JANE was copt no bribe could save her; / I was the Beak she come before, / And 'twas a month that then I gave her.
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.