cordwood
noun
cordwood is spelled C-O-R-D-W-O-O-D: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cordwood means “Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cordwood is cordwoods.
How many letters and syllables are in cordwood?
| Letters | 8: C-O-R-D-W-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is cordwood?
Cordwood appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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).
Forms of cordwood
- cordwoods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cordwood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords.
- 2
Split and cut wood as an economic commodity.
In addition to being fuel, cordwood can also be used as a fairly pretty building material.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cordwood come from?
From cord + wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).