# cork

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɔɹk/ · frequency rank #11,007

## Definitions
1. The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
2. The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
3. A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
4. An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
5. The cork oak, Quercus suber.

## Etymology
From Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or object)”), either from Spanish corcho (“cork (material or object)”) (also corcha or corche) or from Old Spanish alcorque (“cork sole”). Doublet of cortex.

## Easily confused with
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cr)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cry)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cow)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cos)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cox)
- **CPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cpr)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cot)
- **CSR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-csr)
- **coz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-coz)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-coy)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-crt)
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-crm)
- **CTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-ctr)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cur)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-crs)
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cro)
- **Cov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cov)
- **CRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cri)
- **cru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cru)
- **cost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cork-vs-cost)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccork`, `cokr`, `corkk`, `corrk`, `crok`, `ocrk`

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