cuck
/kʌk/noun, verb
cuck is spelled C-U-C-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cuck means “A cuckold or cuckquean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cuck is cucks.
How many letters and syllables are in cuck?
| Letters | 4: C-U-C-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cuck?
Cuck appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cuck?
- /kʌk/
- /kʊk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cuck.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cuck
- cucks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cucking participle, present
- cucked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cuck mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA cuckold or cuckquean.
The King was made a cuck by his faithless Queen.
- 2
derogatoryslangA weakling.
That silly cuck thinks she can beat me in a fight.
- 3
derogatoryslangOne who meekly and submissively acts against their own interests, or those of their own race, gender, class, religion, etc.
The feel-good petition was only supported by cucks.
verb
- 1
slangTo cuckold or cuckquean, to be sexually unfaithful towards.
- 2
slangTo turn into a cuckold or cuckquean, to cheat with the partner of (someone).
- 3
derogatoryslangTo weaken or emasculate, to render pathetic.
- 4
derogatoryslangTo fool and thus lower the status of, to exploit the trust or tolerance of (to one's own benefit and the other's disadvantage); to make into a cuck (one who acts against their own interests).
- 5
obsoleteslangTo punish (someone) by putting them in a cucking stool.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cuck in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense weakling:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cocu, cocue, cocus, cocues |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cuck come from?
Clipping of cuckold or cuckquean. The sense of weakling, race traitor, etc. apparently originated on 4chan in 2014 and migrated to Reddit soon after.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).