coq
"coq" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coq” is uncommon English (frequency #50,439 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,439
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coq · coq · English
coq · rank #50,439 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,439
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH copulation
Nearest frequency peer: copulation (-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 “coq”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- conger
conger
49,566 corpus weight
- coniferous
coniferous
49,565 corpus weight
- copulation
copulation
49,563 corpus weight
- coq
coq
49,562 corpus weight
- coronet
coronet
49,561 corpus weight
- cortisone
cortisone
49,559 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “coq” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coq |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #50,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “coq” in English
Rare enough to double-check
coq is uncommon English at frequency #50,439 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.".
coq doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 French. The correct English form is coq, spelled C-O-Q.
Definition
- 1A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coq appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] with a flat Tam crown of heliotrope velvet, a drapery under the brim, and two flat coq feathers.
A smart all-black model has just arrived from Jeanne Due. It is turban-trimmed with black coq which forms a bow drape.
Etymology
From French.
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.
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