cuckoldry
"cuckoldry" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cuckoldry” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cuckoldry · cuckoldry · English
cuckoldry · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuckoldry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cuckoldry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cuckoldry is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cuckoldry in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cuckold + -ry. The correct English form is cuckoldry, spelled C-U-C-K-O-L-D-R-Y.
Definition
- 1An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
- 2The state of being a cuckold.
- 3Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cuckoldry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
How many such-like cuckoldries are there in histories, procured by the Gods against seely mortall men?
By the end of 2017, it was clear that Homo politicus, like his allies in Hollywood and the media, tends not towards cuckoldry but a 21st-century equivalent of the droit du seigneur.
Etymology
From cuckold + -ry.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.