codebase
"codebase" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“codebase” is uncommon English (frequency #63,515 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,515
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The body of source code used to create a particular computer program or software component.
Corpus desk
Index EN-codebase · codebase · English
codebase · rank #63,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,515
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cockle
Nearest frequency peer: cockle (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “codebase”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- clandestine…
clandestinely
36,492 corpus weight
- clumping
clumping
36,490 corpus weight
- coalfield
coalfield
36,489 corpus weight
- cockle
cockle
36,487 corpus weight
- codebase
codebase
36,486 corpus weight
- cohesiveness
cohesiveness
36,485 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “codebase” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | codebase |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “codebase” in English
Rare enough to double-check
codebase is uncommon English at frequency #63,515 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The body of source code used to create a particular computer program or software component.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for codebase, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From code + base. The correct English form is codebase, spelled C-O-D-E-B-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1The body of source code used to create a particular computer program or software component.
Etymology
From code + base.
This word in other languages
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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