nestle-cock
"nestle-cock" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nestle-cock” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nestle-cock · nestle-cock · English
nestle-cock · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nestle-cock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nestle-cock” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nestle-cock is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for nestle-cock in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nestle + cock (“bird”). Compare nest-cock & nest-cockle. The correct English form is nestle-cock, spelled N-E-S-T-L-E---C-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1The last-hatched chick of a brood, the weakling of a brood.
- 2A mama's boy, a delicate child; a spoiled brat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nestle-cock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Indeed, my mother was wont to call me your Nestle-cock, and I love you as well as she did.
I meet with a double sense of this word Cockney: some taking it for, 1. One coaks'd or cocker'd (made a wanton or nestlecock of, delicately bred and brought up), so that when grown men or women they can endure no hardship, nor comport with pains-taking. 2. One utterly ignorant of husbandry or housewifery […]
Etymology
From nestle + cock (“bird”). Compare nest-cock & nest-cockle.
Synonyms
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.