# caddy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkædi/ · frequency rank #30,351

## Definitions
1. A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
2. A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in.
3. A small lidded bin for food waste.
4. A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.
5. A lightweight wheeled cart; specifically, one attached to a bicycle as a conveyance for a child, or pulled by hand and used to transport groceries away from a shop.

## Etymology
An alteration of catty (“(unit of) weight used in China, equivalent to 1⅓ pounds avoirdupois (about 0.605 kilograms)”), borrowed from Malay kati (“weight used in China, Indonesia, and Japan”), from Tamil கட்டி (kaṭṭi, “measure of weight; clod, lump”), from கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to coagulate, congeal, or consolidate (into a concretion); to harden”).

## Easily confused with
- **cay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cay)
- **card** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-card)
- **Cody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cody)
- **Cary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cary)
- **carry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-carry)
- **cards** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cards)
- **candy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-candy)
- **Casey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-casey)
- **Carey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-carey)
- **Cindy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cindy)
- **Cathy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cathy)
- **Carly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-carly)
- **cadet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cadet)
- **cadre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cadre)
- **canny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-canny)
- **Cardi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cardi)
- **Cadiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cadiz)
- **Cally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cally)
- **catty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-catty)
- **cuddly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caddy-vs-cuddly)

## Common misspellings (6)
`acddy`, `caddyy`, `cady`, `cadyd`, `ccaddy`, `cdady`

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