clod
/klɑd/noun, verb
clod is spelled C-L-O-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, clod means “A lump of something, especially earth or clay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of clod is clods.
How many letters and syllables are in clod?
| Letters | 4: C-L-O-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is clod?
Clod appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th 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 clod?
- UK /klɒd/
- US /klɑd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-clod.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with clod?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as clod from its last stressed vowel (/ɑd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cold.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of clod
- clods plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- clodding participle, present
- clodded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clod mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lump of something, especially earth or clay.
- 2
The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
- 3
A stupid person, a dolt, a clodpate, a clodhopper.
Gerald Broflovski: You see Kyle, we humans work as a society, and in order for a society to thrive, we need gods and clods.
- 4
Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder.
verb
- 1
To pelt with clods.
- 2
ScotlandTo throw violently; to hurl.
- 3
To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Clod in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | motte , cruche, andouille |
| German | Klumpen, Erdklumpen , Trottel |
| Portuguese | torrão , cachaço |
| Spanish | grumo, terrón, gleba , tonta, tonto |
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 clod come from?
From Middle English clod, a late by-form of clot, from Old English clot, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“mass, ball, clump”). Compare clot and cloud; cognate to kloot (“clod”). Alternatively, Middle English clod may derive from Old English *clod (found in Old English clodhamer (“a kind of thrush”) and Clodhangra (a placename)), from Proto-West Germanic *kloddō (“lump, clod”), from *gel- (“to ball up, become lumpy”), related to West Frisian klodde (“clod, lump”), Dutch klodde (“lump, blob”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).