codex
/ˈkəʊdɛks/
"codex" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“codex” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,932. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,932
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An early manuscript book.
Corpus desk
Index EN-codex · codex · English
codex · rank #22,932 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,932
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH clocked
Nearest frequency peer: clocked (-2 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 “codex”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Cleopatra
Cleopatra
77,073 corpus weight
- cleverly
cleverly
77,072 corpus weight
- clocked
clocked
77,071 corpus weight
- codex
codex
77,069 corpus weight
- composure
composure
77,067 corpus weight
- computerized
computerized
77,066 corpus weight
What this shows “codex” 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 | codex |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkəʊdɛks/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “codex”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around codex (IPA /ˈkəʊdɛks/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,932 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for codex, with forms such as "ccodex", "cdoex", and "coddex". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cox", "Coe", "come", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compare caudex (in botany). Doublet of code. The correct English form is codex, spelled C-O-D-E-X.
Definition
- 1An early manuscript book.
- 2A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
- 3An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how codex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From its inception, the index has provided a window onto the history of the book, for it took the advent of a particular type of book — the codex, a sheaf of pages fastened along one edge — to make an index a practical possibility.
Etymology
From Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compare caudex (in botany). Doublet of code.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccodex
- cdoex
- coddex
- codexx
- codxe
- coedx
- ocdex
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of codex - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "codex", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).