# comrade

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/ · frequency rank #13,888

## Definitions
1. A mate, companion, or associate.
2. A mate, companion, or associate.
3. A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.
4. A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.

## Etymology
From earlier cumrade, camrade, comerade, camerade, camarade, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie and chamberlain.

## Easily confused with
- **Conrad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comrade-vs-conrad)
- **courage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comrade-vs-courage)
- **comrades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comrade-vs-comrades)
- **compare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compare-vs-comrade)
- **charade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charade-vs-comrade)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccomrade`, `cmorade`, `comarde`, `commrade`, `comradde`, `comraed`, `comrdae`, `comrrade`, `cormade`, `ocmrade`

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