NDP

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"ndp" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“NDP” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,682) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#17,682
frequency rank, English
1,534
“N” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of National Democratic Party.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ndp · NDP · English

NDP · rank #17,682 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,682
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH mountainous

Nearest frequency peer: mountainous (-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.

Frequency neighbours of confusable “NDP”

Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below

corpus weight

What this shows Bars place “NDP” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

NDP vs ne
0% similar
NDP vs NJ
33% similar
NDP vs ni
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for NDP
PropertyValue
HeadwordNDP
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters3
Frequency rank#17,682
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus rank beside confusables of “NDP”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).NDPlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “mountainous” (#17,681), “nearer” (#17,683), “Newfoundland” (#17,684). Among 1,534 “N” headwords, “NDP” is #17,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for NDP is neighbouring look-alikes ("ne", "NJ", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #17,682 among 1,534 “N” headwords. 8 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Zero misspellings are on record for NDP in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ne", "NJ", "ni", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is NDP, spelled N-D-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Initialism of National Democratic Party.
  2. 2
    Initialism of Newfoundland Democratic Party.
  3. 3
    Initialism of New Democratic Party
  4. 4
    Initialism of National Day Parade
  5. 5
    Initialism of National Development Plan
  6. 6
    Initialism of Neighbour Discovery Protocol
  7. 7
    Initialism of National Defense Panel
  8. 8
    Initialism of Nortel Discovery Protocol

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how NDP appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. That day A.K. was carrying a banner in an SED demonstration, L.G. said he was sorry he had caused me to lose my temper, B.R. said that he expected to get a U. S. visa next month, and R.D. said that he was going into the U. S. Zone to work for the NDP in the forthcoming elections.
  2. Members of the NDP have condemned the arrests as an attempt "to eliminate constitutional opposition by unconstitutional means."

This word in other languages

NPD(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "NDP"?
"NDP" is spelled N-D-P.
What does "NDP" mean?
As a proper noun, "NDP" means: Initialism of National Democratic Party.
What words are commonly confused with "NDP"?
"NDP" is commonly confused with "ne", "NJ", "ni". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "NDP" come from?
"NDP" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "NDP", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mir#17,676sow#17,722SQL#17,725hun#17,634

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list