cockcrow
The verdict
“cockcrow” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Heure de la journée à laquelle un coq chante pour la première fois.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cockcrow |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cockcrow” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cockcrow is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cockcrow, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cockcrow, spelled C-O-C-K-C-R-O-W.
Definition
- 1Heure de la journée à laquelle un coq chante pour la première fois.
- 2Aube (heure du lever du soleil).
- 3Aube (période de demi-jour précédant le lever du soleil).
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.
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Using “cockcrow”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-C-K-C-R-O-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.