codeword
/ˈkoʊdˌwɝd/noun
codeword is spelled C-O-D-E-W-O-R-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, codeword means “A string representing an encoded piece of text” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of codeword is codewords.
How many letters and syllables are in codeword?
| Letters | 8: C-O-D-E-W-O-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is codeword?
Codeword appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th 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 codeword?
- US /ˈkoʊdˌwɝd/
Codeword has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with codeword
Also written: code word (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of codeword
- codewords plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does codeword mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A string representing an encoded piece of text.
Bob cannot get any information out of the codeword since he doesn't know what transmission bases Alice used.
- 2
A word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to another word or concept.
- 3
A type of crossword puzzle where the letters of the alphabet are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Codeword in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cryptography: string of encrypted text:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | palabra de/en clave |
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 codeword come from?
From code + word.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).