lingcod
noun
lingcod is spelled L-I-N-G-C-O-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lingcod means “Ophiodon elongatus, a fish of the greenlings, of the family Hexagrammidae, native to the west coast of North America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lingcod is lingcods.
How many letters and syllables are in lingcod?
| Letters | 7: L-I-N-G-C-O-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th 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 lingcod?
Lingcod appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 lingcod?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lingcod.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: codling.
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 lingcod
- lingcods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lingcod mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Ophiodon elongatus, a fish of the greenlings, of the family Hexagrammidae, native to the west coast of North America.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lingcod come from?
From ling + cod, from its superficial resemblance to those two fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).