coda
/ˈkəʊ.də/
"coda" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coda” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,740. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,740
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coda · coda · English
coda · rank #39,740 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,740
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cochin
Nearest frequency peer: Cochin (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “coda”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- chucking
chucking
60,267 corpus weight
- chutney
chutney
60,266 corpus weight
- Cochin
Cochin
60,262 corpus weight
- coda
coda
60,261 corpus weight
- coker
coker
60,259 corpus weight
- colonoscopy
colonoscopy
60,257 corpus weight
What this shows “coda” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkəʊ.də/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “coda”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around coda (IPA /ˈkəʊ.də/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,740 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for coda, with forms such as "ccoda", "cdoa", and "coad". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cop", "con", "cow", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola. The correct English form is coda, spelled C-O-D-A.
Definition
- 1A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
- 2The optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants.
- 3In 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.
- 4A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
- 5A series of clicks used by sperm whales for communicating with each other.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In classical music there are, as the analytical programs tell us, first subjects and second subjects, free fantasias, recapitulations, and codas; there are fugues, with counter-subjects, strettos, and pedal points; there are passacaglias on ground basses, canons ad hypodiapente, and other ingenuities, which have, after all, stood or fallen by their pretti…
The word “salts” has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word “glee” has no coda at all.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccoda
- cdoa
- coad
- codda
- ocda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coda - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).