Kadi
[ˈkaːdi]
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
- jordanischen
jordanischen
25,255 corpus weight
- kaas
kaas
25,253 corpus weight
- Kadi
Kadi
25,252 corpus weight
- Kalbe
Kalbe
25,251 corpus weight
- Kaltmiete
Kaltmiete
25,250 corpus weight
- Kampfbegriff
Kampfbegriff
25,249 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kadi“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kadi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaːdi] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kadi“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Bezeichnung für einen Richter in einigen arabischen Staaten
- 2allgemein, Person oder Einrichtung, welche für die Rechtssprechung zuständig ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kadi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ibn Beschir war Kadi in der Stadt. Er ließ sich den Fall vortragen und fand ihn bedenklich; […].“
„In Deutschland zerren Unternehmen ihre gescheiterten Manager selten vor den Kadi.“
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.
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