decapod
/ˈdɛkəpɒd/adjective, noun
decapod is spelled D-E-C-A-P-O-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, decapod means “Having ten legs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in decapod?
| Letters | 7: D-E-C-A-P-O-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th 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 decapod?
Decapod appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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 decapod?
- UK /ˈdɛkəpɒd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-decapod.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of decapod
- decapods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does decapod mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having ten legs.
noun
- 1
Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid and cuttlefish.
- 2
Any crustacean of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
- 3
A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of decapod
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Decapod in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense crustacean of the order Decapoda:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | décapode |
| German | Zehnfußkrebs |
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 decapod come from?
Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- + -pod.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).