vocoder

\vɔ.kɔ.de\

/\vɔ.kɔ.de\/ verb

The verdict

“vocoder” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Traiter un son à travers un vocodeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vocoder · vocoder · French

vocoder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" 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.

Key facts for vocoder
PropertyValue
Headwordvocoder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vɔ.kɔ.de\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vocoder » en français

vocodern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vocoder is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \vɔ.kɔ.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Traiter un son à travers un vocodeur.".

vocoder doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 vocoder, spelled V-O-C-O-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Traiter un son à travers un vocodeur.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vocoder"?
"vocoder" is spelled V-O-C-O-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.kɔ.de\.
What does "vocoder" mean?
As a verb, "vocoder" means: Traiter un son à travers un vocodeur.
How do you pronounce "vocoder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vocoder" is \vɔ.kɔ.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vocoder" come from?
"vocoder" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list