codec
[kɔdɛk]
The verdict
“codec” is uncommon German (frequency #75,500 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,500
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Codec, Kodier-Dekodier-Programm
Corpus desk
Index DE-codec · codec · German
codec · rank #75,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,500
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH coconut
Nearest frequency peer: coconut (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „codec“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Chefredakte…
Chefredakteure
24,506 corpus weight
- Chronos
Chronos
24,505 corpus weight
- cleveres
cleveres
24,503 corpus weight
- coconut
coconut
24,502 corpus weight
- codec
codec
24,501 corpus weight
- Cohens
Cohens
24,500 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „codec“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | codec |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔdɛk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „codec“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
codec is uncommon German at frequency #75,500 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔdɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Codec, Kodier-Dekodier-Programm".
codec has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is codec, spelled C-O-D-E-C.
Definition
- 1Codec, Kodier-Dekodier-Programm
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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