coding

Other forms of coding

plural

codings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coding

What does coding mean?

coding means "act of writing in code or cipher".

How many syllables are in coding?

coding has 2 syllables: co-ding. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkoʊdɪŋ/.

What is another word for coding?

Close synonyms include cryptography, secret writing, steganography. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coding a common word?

coding is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with coding?

2 words rhyme with coding. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.