cowshed
"cowshed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cowshed” is uncommon English (frequency #96,897 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,897
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A shed for keeping cows.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cowshed · cowshed · English
cowshed · rank #96,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,897
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cowden
Nearest frequency peer: Cowden (-2 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 “cowshed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- correctable
correctable
3,112 corpus weight
- Corunna
Corunna
3,110 corpus weight
- Cowden
Cowden
3,106 corpus weight
- cowshed
cowshed
3,104 corpus weight
- currey
currey
3,097 corpus weight
- curtained
curtained
3,096 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cowshed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cowshed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cowshed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cowshed is uncommon English at frequency #96,897 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A shed for keeping cows.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cowshed in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cow + shed. The correct English form is cowshed, spelled C-O-W-S-H-E-D.
Definition
- 1A shed for keeping cows.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cowshed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy, / You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore; / When the m-m-m-moon shines, / Over the cowshed, / I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door.
Etymology
From cow + shed.
This word in other languages
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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