Which to use
“caddy” is a noun and “Cadiz” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,351
- “caddy” frequency rank
- #42,044
- “Cadiz” frequency rank
- 72395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caddy | Cadiz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea. | Places in the Philippines: |
Where the eye mixes caddy and Cadiz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. caddy (CVCCV) and Cadiz (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: caddy vs Cadiz
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: caddy is /ˈkædi/ while Cadiz is /kəˈdɪz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caddy is recorded at frequency rank #30,351, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkædi/. Cadiz is at rank #42,044, tagged as aname, pronounced /kəˈdɪz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 72395, this pair ranks #43,187 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caddy vs Cadiz
Shared letters: acd. Private to "caddy": y. Private to "Cadiz": iz.
"caddy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Cadiz" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "caddy" for "Cadiz" ever safe?
Which is more common, "caddy" or "Cadiz"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "caddy" and "Cadiz" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "caddy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Cadiz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,187 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caddy" and "Cadiz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cadiz vs cami". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #43,187 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.