cod
/kɑd/noun, adjective, verb
cod is spelled C-O-D: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cod means “A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cod is cods.
How many letters and syllables are in cod?
| Letters | 3: C-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.8 times per million words; the 8,417th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 cod?
Cod appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th 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 cod?
- UK /kɒd/
- British /kɔd/
- US /kɑd/
Cod has one syllable (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: En-us-cod.ogg, En-us-COD.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with cod
Also written: code.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with cod?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cod from its last stressed vowel (/ɑd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: doc.
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 cod
- cods plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- more cod comparative
- most cod superlative
- codding participle, present
- codded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cod mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
- 2
A sea fish of the genus Gadus, inclusive of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
- 3
An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
- 4
informalOther not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
- 5
informalOther not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
- 6
obsoleteA small bag or pouch.
- 7
UKobsoleteA husk or integument; a pod.
- 8
The cocoon of a silkworm.
- 9
archaicThe scrotum.
- 10
ScotlandUKobsoleteA pillow or cushion.
- 11
A joke or an imitation.
I assume it all could just be a cod.
- 12
A stupid or foolish person.
He's making a right cod of himself.
adjective
- 1
Having the character of imitation; jocular.
cod psychology
- 2
Bad.
verb
- 1
slangTo attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.
- 2
IrelandslangTo joke; to kid.
I'm only codding!
noun
- 1
Initialism of cash on delivery or collect on delivery.
- 2
Initialism of cause of death.
- 3
Initialism of cerebro-ocular dysgenesis.
- 4
Initialism of celebrity obsession disorder.
- 5
Initialism of code of discipline.
- 6
Initialism of committee on discipline.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cod in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any marine fish of the family Gadidae:
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.