inode
noun
inode is spelled I-N-O-D-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, inode means “A data structure representing an object such as a file or a directory in a Unix (or similar) file system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of inode is inodes.
How many letters and syllables are in inode?
| Letters | 5: I-N-O-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th 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 inode?
Inode appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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).
What rhymes with inode?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as inode.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dione.
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 inode
- inodes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does inode mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A data structure representing an object such as a file or a directory in a Unix (or similar) file system.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does inode come from?
Uncertain, but possibly short for index node.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).