cusk
/kʌsk/noun
cusk is spelled C-U-S-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cusk means “A codlike saltwater fish in the family Lotidae, Brosme brosme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cusk is cusks.
How many letters and syllables are in cusk?
| Letters | 4: C-U-S-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cusk?
Cusk appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 cusk?
- US /kʌsk/
- /kʊsk/
Cusk has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with cusk?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cusk from its last stressed vowel (/ʌsk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: suck.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cusk
- cusks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cusk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A codlike saltwater fish in the family Lotidae, Brosme brosme.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cusk in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cod-like fish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Lumb |
| Spanish | brosmio |
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 cusk come from?
Early 17th century; of unknown origin. Probably an alteration of torsk or tusk, a codlike fish, from Norwegian tosk, torsk; Old Norse thorskr, codfish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).