coda
/ˈkoʊ.də/noun
coda is spelled C-O-D-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coda means “A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coda is codas.
How many letters and syllables are in coda?
| Letters | 4: C-O-D-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 coda?
Coda appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 coda?
- UK /ˈkəʊ.də/
- US /ˈkoʊ.də/
- Australia /ˈkəʉ.də/
Coda 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: En-us-coda.ogg, En-au-coda.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with coda?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coda from its last stressed vowel (/oʊdə/):
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 coda
- codas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coda mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
- 2
The optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants.
The word “salts” has three consonants – /l/, /t/, and /s/ – in its coda, whereas the word “glee” has no coda at all.
- 3
In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.
- 4
A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
- 5
A series of clicks used by sperm whales for communicating with each other.
- 6
Alternative spelling of CODA.
noun
- 1
A person born hearing to deaf parents.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coda in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Koda, Coda, Ausklang , Auslaut, Silbenauslaut |
| Spanish | coda |
| French | coda |
| Portuguese | coda |
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 coda come from?
Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).