gamecock
"gamecock" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gamecock” is uncommon English (frequency #97,055 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,055
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A rooster used in cockfighting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gamecock · gamecock · English
gamecock · rank #97,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,055
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Galashiels
Nearest frequency peer: Galashiels (-2 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gamecock”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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2,952 corpus weight
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2,948 corpus weight
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gamecock
2,946 corpus weight
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gamete
2,944 corpus weight
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geon
2,940 corpus weight
- gesso
gesso
2,939 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gamecock” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamecock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gamecock” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gamecock is uncommon English at frequency #97,055 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A rooster used in cockfighting.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gamecock in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From game + cock. The correct English form is gamecock, spelled G-A-M-E-C-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1A rooster used in cockfighting.
Etymology
From game + cock.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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