# cord

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɔɹd/ · frequency rank #7,328

## Definitions
1. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
2. Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity.
3. A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
4. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
5. Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
6. Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
7. Dated form of chord.
8. Misspelling of chord, a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.

## Etymology
From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”)). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia.

## Easily confused with
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cr)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cry)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cow)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cos)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cox)
- **CPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cpr)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cot)
- **CSR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-csr)
- **coz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-coz)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-coy)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-crt)
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-crm)
- **CTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-ctr)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cur)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-crs)
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cro)
- **CPD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cpd)
- **Cov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cov)
- **CRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cri)
- **cru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-cru)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccord`, `codr`, `cordd`, `corrd`, `crod`, `ocrd`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cord