In phonology, a syllable coda comprises the consonant sounds of a syllable that follow the nucleus, which is usually a vowel. The combination of a nucleus and a coda is called a rime. A coda is not required in syllables. Some languages' phonotactics, like that of Japanese, limit syllable codas to a small group of single consonants, whereas others, like English can have any consonant or even clusters of consonants in syllable codas.

Here are some single-syllable words with codas: (the codas are specified in the International Phonetic Alphabet)

• an: coda =
• cup: coda =
• tall: coda =
• milk: coda =
• tints: coda =
• fifths: coda =
• sixths: coda =

The following single-syllable words end in a nucleus and do not have a coda:

• glue
• pie
• though
• boy

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