# codec

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,084

## Definitions
1. A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
2. A media coding format.

## Etymology
Blend of coder + decoder, probably in imitation of how modem was formed.

## Easily confused with
- **Coe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-coe)
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-come)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-core)
- **cole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-cole)
- **coke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-coke)
- **cope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-cope)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-cone)
- **Cody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-cody)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-cove)
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-cote)
- **coed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-coed)
- **comes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-comes)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-cover)
- **comic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-comic)
- **Codes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-codes)
- **Cohen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-cohen)
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-corey)
- **comet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-comet)
- **coded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-coded)
- **cores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codec-vs-cores)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccodec`, `cdoec`, `codce`, `coddec`, `codecc`, `coedc`, `ocdec`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/codec