codex
co·dex/ˈkoʊdɛks/noun
codex is spelled C-O-D-E-X: 5 letters and 2 syllables (co·dex). It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, codex means “An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of codex is codices or codexes.
How many letters and syllables are in codex?
| Letters | 5: C-O-D-E-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: co·dex |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th 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 codex?
Codex appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 codex?
- UK /ˈkəʊdɛks/
- US /ˈkoʊdɛks/
Codex has 2 syllables, split co·dex in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-codex.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of codex
- codices plural
- codexes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does codex mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
- 2
An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
the French codex
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Codex in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense early book:
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 codex come from?
Borrowed from Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compare caudex (in botany). Doublet of code.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).