# Conrad

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɑnɹæd/ · frequency rank #12,394

## Definitions
1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname.
3. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Indiana, United States.
5. A small city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States.
6. A city, the county seat of Pondera County, Montana, United States.

## Etymology
A variant of German Konrad, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Kōnirād, from *kōnī (“bold, brave”) + *rād (“counsel”). Cognate of Old English Cēnrēd, Dutch Koenraad and Icelandic Konráð.

## Easily confused with
- **cord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conrad-vs-cord)
- **Cora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conrad-vs-cora)
- **coral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conrad-vs-coral)
- **Conway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conrad-vs-conway)
- **corral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conrad-vs-corral)
- **Conroy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conrad-vs-conroy)
- **cond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cond-vs-conrad)
- **cobra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cobra-vs-conrad)
- **Conan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-conrad)
- **conga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conga-vs-conrad)
- **conned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conned-vs-conrad)
- **conman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conman-vs-conrad)
- **comrade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comrade-vs-conrad)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cconrad`, `cnorad`, `conard`, `connrad`, `conradd`, `conrda`, `conrrad`, `cornad`, `ocnrad`

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