# Cardiff

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɑːdɪf/ · frequency rank #8,015

## Definitions
1. A city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales.
2. The Welsh government.
3. A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
4. A community in the township of Highlands East, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
5. A hamlet in Sturgeon County, in central Alberta, Canada.
6. A small rural settlement in the region of Taranaki, New Zealand.
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## Etymology
From Middle Welsh Caerdyf, equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort”) + Taf (“(River) Taff”) = fortified city on the River Taff. Compare Welsh Caerdydd.

## Easily confused with
- **Cardi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cardi-vs-cardiff)
- **cardiac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cardiac-vs-cardiff)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acrdiff`, `cadriff`, `carddiff`, `cardfif`, `cardif`, `caridff`, `carrdiff`, `ccardiff`, `cradiff`

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