codec
The verdict
“codec” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #59,628 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #59,628
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - codificador/decodificador
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | codec |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “codec” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for codec is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #59,628 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "codificador/decodificador".
codec has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is codec, spelled C-O-D-E-C.
Definition
- 1codificador/decodificador
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “codec”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-D-E-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.