codec
\kɔ.dɛk\
The verdict
“codec” is uncommon French (frequency #59,173 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,173
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Procédé capable de compresser ou de décompresser un signal numérique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-codec · codec · French
codec · rank #59,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,173
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cocons
Nearest frequency peer: cocons (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « codec »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- closed
closed
40,831 corpus weight
- cochonnerie
cochonnerie
40,830 corpus weight
- cocons
cocons
40,829 corpus weight
- codec
codec
40,828 corpus weight
- codifiée
codifiée
40,827 corpus weight
- coiffées
coiffées
40,826 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « codec » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | codec |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.dɛk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « codec » en français
Rare enough to double-check
codec is uncommon French at frequency #59,173 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.dɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Procédé capable de compresser ou de décompresser un signal numérique.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for codec, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is codec, spelled C-O-D-E-C.
Definition
- 1Procédé capable de compresser ou de décompresser un signal numérique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how codec appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les deux cas, la conversion est effectué par un objet auxiliaire appelé codec (codeur-décodeur).
This word in other languages
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.
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