corked

/kɔːkt/

//kɔːkt// verb

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

The verdict

“corked” is uncommon English (frequency #72,205 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,205
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of cork

Corpus desk

Index EN-corked · corked · English

corked · rank #72,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,205
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH coppin

Nearest frequency peer: coppin (-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 “corked”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “corked” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for corked
PropertyValue
Headwordcorked
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kɔːkt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,205
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “corked” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).corkedfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “coppin” (#72,204), “coolio” (#72,203), “Cornhill” (#72,207). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “corked” is #72,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

corked is uncommon English at frequency #72,205 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /kɔːkt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of cork".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for corked, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is corked, spelled C-O-R-K-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of cork

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 "corked"?
"corked" is spelled C-O-R-K-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /kɔːkt/.
What does "corked" mean?
As a verb, "corked" means: simple past and past participle of cork
How do you pronounce "corked"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corked" is /kɔːkt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corked" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "corked", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

coppin#72,204coolio#72,203Cuenca#72,216chirpy#72,180

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list