codifier
\kɔ.di.fje\
The verdict
“codifier” is uncommon French (frequency #83,722 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,722
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réunir des lois éparses en un corps de législation, rédiger un code.
Corpus desk
Index FR-codifier · codifier · French
codifier · rank #83,722 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,722
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cocoa
Nearest frequency peer: cocoa (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “codifier”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- climatologi…
climatologiques
16,282 corpus weight
- cocoa
cocoa
16,280 corpus weight
- codifier
codifier
16,279 corpus weight
- collaborez
collaborez
16,278 corpus weight
- combattront
combattront
16,277 corpus weight
- compatit
compatit
16,276 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “codifier” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | codifier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ.di.fje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “codifier” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
codifier is uncommon French at frequency #83,722 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ.di.fje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for codifier in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is codifier, spelled C-O-D-I-F-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Réunir des lois éparses en un corps de législation, rédiger un code.
- 2Rassembler des connaissances, des informations en un système organisé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how codifier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La distinction des animaux purs et impurs est antérieure à la loi mosaïque, qui ne fit que la codifier.
Napoléon ! Ça lui allait bien, à celui-là, de codifier la protection de la vie humaine et de la propriété !
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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