# cuck

> English word · Noun · IPA /kʌk/ · frequency rank #43,586

## Definitions
1. A cuckold or cuckquean.
2. A weakling.
3. One who meekly and submissively acts against their own interests, or those of their own race, gender, class, religion, etc.

## Etymology
Clipping of cuckold or cuckquean. The sense of weakling, race traitor, etc. apparently originated on 4chan in 2014 and migrated to Reddit soon after.

## Easily confused with
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cup)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cum)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cuz)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cue)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cur)
- **Cui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cui)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cuts)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cure)
- **cups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cups)
- **cult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cult)
- **cunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cunt)
- **curb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-curb)
- **cues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cues)
- **curl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-curl)
- **cuff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cuff)
- **curt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-curt)
- **cusp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cusp)
- **cull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuck-vs-cull)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccuck`, `ccuk`, `cucck`, `cuckk`, `cukc`, `ucck`

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