code

\kɔd\

/\kɔd\/ noun

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The verdict

“code” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #818) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#818
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de lois ou d’ordonnances relatives à une matière spéciale ou réunies par le législateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-code · code · French

code · rank #818 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #818
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH auprès

Nearest frequency peer: auprès (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « code »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « code » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

code vs con
50% similar
code vs cou
50% similar
code vs col
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for code
PropertyValue
Headwordcode
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔd\
Letters4
Frequency rank#818
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « code »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.codese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « auprès » (#817), « administration » (#816), « entendu » (#820). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « code » est au #818. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for code is neighbouring look-alikes ("con", "cou", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \kɔd\. Frequency #818 among 8,609 “C” headwords. 11 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for code, with forms such as "ccode", "cdoe", and "codde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "con", "cou", "col", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is code, spelled C-O-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de lois ou d’ordonnances relatives à une matière spéciale ou réunies par le législateur.
  2. 2
    Publication constituant une codification privée.
  3. 3
    Droit, lois.
  4. 4
    Feu de croisement, dispositif d'éclairage d'un véhicule automobile, moins éblouissant que les phares, prévu par le code de la route et utilisé lorsque ce véhicule en croise un autre.
  5. 5
    L’épreuve théorique générale du permis de conduire (ETG).
  6. 6
    Ensemble de coutumes, de préceptes ou de règles écrites ou non, qu'il est convenu de respecter dans un domaine, dans un milieu donné.
  7. 7
    Système de symboles servant à échanger des informations.
  8. 8
    Langage secret.
  9. 9
    Ensemble de règles ou contraintes qui assurent le fonctionnement du langage.
  10. 10
    Langage de programmation informatique, programme informatique.
  11. 11
    Système de symboles permettant de représenter une information dans un domaine technique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how code appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le Code théodosien.
  2. Le Code de Justinien et le Digeste.

This word in other languages

code(English)código(Español)Gesetzbuch(Deutsch)código(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccode
  • cdoe
  • codde
  • coed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of code - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccode1cdoe2codde1coed2
Edit distance from "code"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "code"?
"code" is spelled C-O-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔd\.
What does "code" mean?
As a noun, "code" means: Ensemble de lois ou d’ordonnances relatives à une matière spéciale ou réunies par le législateur.
What words are commonly confused with "code"?
"code" is commonly confused with "con", "cou", "col". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "code"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "code" is \kɔd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "code" come from?
"code" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "code", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reçu#813sept#831fini#789midi#847

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list