# squad

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskwɒd/ · frequency rank #2,182

## Definitions
1. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
2. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
3. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
4. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
5. Ellipsis of squad truck.
6. One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps.

## Etymology
From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square.

## Easily confused with
- **sud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-sud)
- **sued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-sued)
- **stud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-stud)
- **squat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-squat)
- **squid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-squid)
- **stead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-stead)
- **squaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-squaw)
- **square** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-square)
- **squash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-squash)
- **squeak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-squeak)
- **squeal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-squeal)
- **squall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-squall)
- **squared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-squared)
- **squalid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/squad-vs-squalid)
- **sad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sad-vs-squad)
- **Saad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saad-vs-squad)
- **shad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shad-vs-squad)
- **spud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spud-vs-squad)
- **sound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sound-vs-squad)
- **salad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salad-vs-squad)

## Common misspellings (7)
`qsuad`, `sqaud`, `sqquad`, `squadd`, `squda`, `ssquad`, `suqad`

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