caudal
/ˈkɔːdəl/adjective, noun
caudal is spelled C-A-U-D-A-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, caudal means “Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in caudal?
| Letters | 6: C-A-U-D-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is caudal?
Caudal appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd 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 caudal?
- /ˈkɔːdəl/
Caudal has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-caudal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with caudal
Sounds like: caudle (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of caudal
- caudals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caudal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- 2
Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
noun
- 1
A caudal vertebra.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Caudal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to the tail:
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 caudal come from?
Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).