# corky

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #48,156

## Definitions
1. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
2. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.

## Etymology
From cork (“stopper”) + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-cry)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-coy)
- **corn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-corn)
- **cozy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-cozy)
- **Cory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-cory)
- **cosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-cosy)
- **cray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-cray)
- **corr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-corr)
- **corps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-corps)
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-curry)
- **curly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-curly)
- **corny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-corny)
- **Cosby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-cosby)
- **curvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-curvy)
- **Corso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-corso)
- **covey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corky-vs-covey)
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cor-vs-corky)
- **copy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copy-vs-corky)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/core-vs-corky)
- **cook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cook-vs-corky)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccorky`, `cokry`, `corkky`, `corkyy`, `corrky`, `coryk`, `croky`, `ocrky`

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