codling
/ˈkɒdlɪŋ/noun, verb
codling is spelled C-O-D-L-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, codling means “A young small cod” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of codling is codlings.
How many letters and syllables are in codling?
| Letters | 7: C-O-D-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is codling?
Codling appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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 codling?
- /ˈkɒdlɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-codling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with codling?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as codling.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lingcod.
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 codling
- codlings plural
- codlin
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does codling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A young small cod.
Here a couple of old men in whiskers and spectacles leant over us, making strange sounds. Some codling had got caught in the net the same time as we were. These the old men threw back into the sea; but us they seemed to think very precious.
- 2
A hake (cod-related food fish), especially one from the genus Urophycis.
- 3
A small, immature apple
- 4
Any of various greenish, elongated English apple varieties, used for cooking
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of codle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does codling come from?
From Middle English codling, codeling, equivalent to cod + -ling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).