cud
/kʌd/noun, verb
cud is spelled C-U-D: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cud means “The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cud is cuds.
How many letters and syllables are in cud?
| Letters | 3: C-U-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th 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 cud?
Cud appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th 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 cud?
- /kʌd/
- /kʊd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cud.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cud?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cud.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: duc.
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 cud
- cuds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cudding participle, present
- cudded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cud mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
verb
- 1
To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.
noun
- 1
Acronym of create, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.
- 2
Initialism of cannabis use disorder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cud in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense food chewed for a second time by ruminants:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | herbe ruminée |
| German | Wiedergekäutes, wiedergekäutes Futter |
| Portuguese | remoalho |
| Spanish | bolo alimenticio |
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 cud come from?
From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz (“resin”). Doublet of quid (“material for chewing”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).