'tocks

noun

"tocks" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“'tocks” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of buttocks.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tocks · 'tocks · English

'tocks · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "'" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for 'tocks
PropertyValue
Headword'tocks
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “'tocks” in English

'tocksranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

'tocks is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clipping of buttocks.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for 'tocks, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Apheretic form of buttocks. The correct English form is 'tocks, spelled '-T-O-C-K-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clipping of buttocks.

Etymology

Apheretic form of buttocks.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "'tocks"?
"'tocks" is spelled '-T-O-C-K-S.
What does "'tocks" mean?
As a noun, "'tocks" means: Clipping of buttocks.
What is the origin of the word "'tocks"?
Apheretic form of buttocks. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list