cuckoldry
noun
cuckoldry is spelled C-U-C-K-O-L-D-R-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cuckoldry means “An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cuckoldry is cuckoldries.
How many letters and syllables are in cuckoldry?
| Letters | 9: C-U-C-K-O-L-D-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th 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 cuckoldry?
Cuckoldry appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 cuckoldry?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-cuckoldry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cuckoldry
- cuckoldries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cuckoldry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
- 2
The state of being a cuckold.
- 3
Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cuckoldry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense adultery committed by a married woman against her husband:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Hörneraufsetzen |
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 cuckoldry come from?
From cuckold + -ry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).