# woodcock

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwʊd.kɒk/ · frequency rank #37,774

## Definitions
1. Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
2. A simpleton.

## Etymology
From Middle English wodecocke, wode-koc, wodekok, from Old English wudecocc, wuducoc, equivalent to wood + cock.

## Easily confused with
- **woodwork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodcock-vs-woodwork)
- **Woodstock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodcock-vs-woodstock)

## Common misspellings (12)
`owodcock`, `wodcock`, `wodocock`, `woocdock`, `woodccock`, `woodccok`, `woodcocck`, `woodcockk`, `woodcokc`, `wooddcock`, `woodocck`, `wwoodcock`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/woodcock