codify
/ˈkɑ.dɪˌfaɪ/verb
codify is spelled C-O-D-I-F-Y: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, codify means “To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in codify?
| Letters | 6: C-O-D-I-F-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is codify?
Codify appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 codify?
- UK /ˈkəʊ.dɪˌfaɪ/
- US /ˈkɑ.dɪˌfaɪ/
- US [ˈkɑ.ɾɪˌfaɪ]
Codify has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-codify.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with codify?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as codify from its last stressed vowel (/ɑdɪfaɪ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of codify
- codifies present, singular, he/she/it
- codifying participle, present
- codified participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does codify mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
The company president codified the goal as a one-line mission statement.
- 2
To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
- 3
To enact as an official rule or law.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Codify in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense reduce to a code:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | codifier |
| German | kodifizieren |
| Portuguese | codificar |
| Spanish | codificar |
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 codify come from?
From code + -ify.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).