kook
/kuːk/noun
kook is spelled K-O-O-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kook means “An eccentric, strange or crazy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kook is kooks.
How many letters and syllables are in kook?
| Letters | 4: K-O-O-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is kook?
Kook appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd 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 kook?
- /kuːk/
Kook 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). Recordings: En-au-kook.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kook
- kooks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kook mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USslangAn eccentric, strange or crazy person.
- 2
A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kook in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense eccentric, strange or crazy person:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Exzentriker, Spinner |
| Spanish | chiflado |
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 kook come from?
Possibly from cuckoo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).