Which to use
“caddy” and “card” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,351
- “caddy” frequency rank
- #964
- “card” frequency rank
- 31315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caddy | card |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea. | A playing card. |
Where the eye mixes caddy and card
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: caddy vs card
A purely visual mix-up. caddy (/ˈkædi/) and card (/kɑːd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31315, 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/. card is at rank #964, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɑːd/.
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 31315, this pair ranks #347,147 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caddy vs card
Shared letters: acd. Private to "caddy": y. Private to "card": r.
"caddy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "card" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "caddy" and "card" 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 "card" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,147 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caddy" and "card" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caddy vs catty". 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 #347,147 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.