codification
/ˌkɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
"codification" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“codification” is uncommon English (frequency #56,018 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,018
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws.
Corpus desk
Index EN-codification · codification · English
codification · rank #56,018 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,018
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH coarsely
Nearest frequency peer: coarsely (-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 “codification”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- clef
clef
43,986 corpus weight
- clothesline
clothesline
43,985 corpus weight
- coarsely
coarsely
43,984 corpus weight
- codification
codification
43,983 corpus weight
- codon
codon
43,982 corpus weight
- Coetzee
Coetzee
43,981 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “codification” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | codification |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “codification” in English
Rare enough to double-check
codification is uncommon English at frequency #56,018 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
codification doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is codification, spelled C-O-D-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws.
- 2The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how codification appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The task force spent months on the codification of their mandate.
The link between language norms and the codification of a language – in dictionaries, grammars and usage guides – is well accepted.
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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