weathercock
noun, verb
weathercock is spelled W-E-A-T-H-E-R-C-O-C-K: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, weathercock means “A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of weathercock is weathercocks.
How many letters and syllables are in weathercock?
| Letters | 11: W-E-A-T-H-E-R-C-O-C-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is weathercock?
Weathercock appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 weathercock?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-weathercock.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of weathercock
- weathercocks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- weathercocking participle, present
- weathercocked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weathercock mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
- 2
One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
- 3
CanadaUSA kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
verb
- 1
To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
- 2
To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
- 3
To act as a weathercock for.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Weathercock in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a fickle, inconstant person:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | biruta de aeroporto |
| Spanish | veleta |
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 weathercock come from?
From Middle English wetharcoke, weþercok, wedercoc, wederkok, equivalent to weather + cock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).