CAD
The verdict
“CAD” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #23,071 in German word frequency and used as an abbreviation.
- #23,071
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Computer Aided Design, deutsch: computerunterstützte Verfahren zur Konstruktion von Zeichnungen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CAD |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #23,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “CAD” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for CAD is 3 letters long, classified as an abbreviation. Corpus data places it at rank #23,071 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for CAD in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cm", "CD", "Ch", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is CAD, spelled C-A-D.
Definition
- 1Computer Aided Design, deutsch: computerunterstützte Verfahren zur Konstruktion von Zeichnungen
- 2Chicago Assyrian Dictionary, korrekt: The Oriental Institute, Chicago (Herausgeber): The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt, Chicago, Illinois . Akkadisch-englisches Wörterbuch, Standardwerk
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “CAD”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “cm” - see the side-by-side comparison. CAD vs cm
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.