codfish
\ˈkɑːd.ˌfɪʃ\
The verdict
“codfish” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morue, cabillaud.
Corpus desk
Index FR-codfish · codfish · French
codfish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | codfish |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkɑːd.ˌfɪʃ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « codfish » en français
Rare enough to double-check
codfish is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɑːd.ˌfɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for codfish in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is codfish, spelled C-O-D-F-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Morue, cabillaud.
- 2Chair de morue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how codfish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Several codfish were, and in some cases still are, so abundant that for the last 1,000 years they have provided an important and reliable food source in Europe and, later, in North America.
There are about 21 genera and 55 species of codfishes.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.