Kadi

[ˈkaːdi]

/[ˈkaːdi]/ noun

The verdict

“Kadi” is uncommon German (frequency #74,749 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,749
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung für einen Richter in einigen arabischen Staaten

Corpus desk

Index DE-kadi · Kadi · German

Kadi · rank #74,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,749
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kaas

Nearest frequency peer: kaas (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kadi“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kadi“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kadi
PropertyValue
HeadwordKadi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaːdi]
Letters4
Frequency rank#74,749
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kadi“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kadifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kaas“ (#74,748), „Kalbe“ (#74,750), „Kaltmiete“ (#74,751). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kadi“ bei #74,749. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kadi is uncommon German at frequency #74,749 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaːdi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Kadi has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 German form is Kadi, spelled K-A-D-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bezeichnung für einen Richter in einigen arabischen Staaten
  2. 2
    allgemein, Person oder Einrichtung, welche für die Rechtssprechung zuständig ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kadi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ibn Beschir war Kadi in der Stadt. Er ließ sich den Fall vortragen und fand ihn bedenklich; […].“
  2. „In Deutschland zerren Unternehmen ihre gescheiterten Manager selten vor den Kadi.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kadi"?
"Kadi" is spelled K-A-D-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaːdi].
What does "Kadi" mean?
As a noun, "Kadi" means: Bezeichnung für einen Richter in einigen arabischen Staaten
How do you pronounce "Kadi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kadi" is [ˈkaːdi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kadi" come from?
"Kadi" is a German 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kadi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list