kadi
"kadi" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kadi” is uncommon English (frequency #91,674 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,674
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of qadi, Islamic judge, particularly (historical) in Ottoman contexts where they initially oversaw local administration as well as Islamic law.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kadi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kadi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kadi is uncommon English at frequency #91,674 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of qadi, Islamic judge, particularly (historical) in Ottoman contexts where they initially oversaw local administration as well as Islamic law.".
kadi has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ottoman Turkish قاضی (kadı), from Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī), and from Arabic directly. The correct English form is kadi, spelled K-A-D-I.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of qadi, Islamic judge, particularly (historical) in Ottoman contexts where they initially oversaw local administration as well as Islamic law.
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قاضی (kadı), from Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī), and from Arabic directly.
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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Using “kadi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-A-D-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.