cuddy
/ˈkʌdi/
"cuddy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cuddy” is uncommon English (frequency #51,048 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,048
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cuddy · cuddy · English
cuddy · rank #51,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,048
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH culpa
Nearest frequency peer: culpa (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “cuddy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cropper
cropper
48,958 corpus weight
- crowing
crowing
48,957 corpus weight
- cuddy
cuddy
48,953 corpus weight
- culpa
culpa
48,952 corpus weight
- cuneiform
cuneiform
48,951 corpus weight
- cuttlefish
cuttlefish
48,950 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cuddy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuddy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌdi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cuddy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cuddy is uncommon English at frequency #51,048 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʌdi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
cuddy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction from Dutch kajuit (“cabin”). The correct English form is cuddy, spelled C-U-D-D-Y.
Definition
- 1A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
- 2A small cupboard or closet.
- 3A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
- 4A pony that works in a mine.
- 5A blockhead; a lout.
- 6A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cuddy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Being summoned to the cuddy to breakfast, I had not been there five minutes when I turned deadly sick, was obliged to retire to my cot […] .
It was a strong measure I own, walking into your cuddy, and calling for drink as if I was the Captain […]
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction from Dutch kajuit (“cabin”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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