# CAD

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #16,858

## Definitions
1. Acronym of computer-aided design.
2. Initialism of computer-aided drafting.
3. Initialism of control alt delete.
4. Initialism of cash against documents, an arrangement where the purchaser must pay the total price in cash in order to get shipping papers from the seller or (usually) a third party.
5. Initialism of coronary artery disease.
6. Initialism of computer-aided diagnosis.
7. Initialism of cold agglutinin disease.
8. Initialism of computer-aided dispatch.
9. Initialism of caspase-activated DNase.

## Easily confused with
- **co** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-co)
- **CD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cd)
- **CM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cm)
- **CC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cc)
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-ct)
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cr)
- **ch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-ch)
- **cs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cs)
- **Cl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cl)
- **CE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-ce)
- **cp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cp)
- **CB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cb)
- **CV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cv)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cu)
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cw)
- **ci** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-ci)
- **CJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cj)
- **CG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cg)
- **CX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cx)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-cz)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cad