Cadix

\ka.diks\

/\ka.diks\/ name

The verdict

“Cadix” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,386
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et ville portuaire d’Espagne, chef-lieu de la province du même nom.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cadix · Cadix · French

Cadix · rank #31,386 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,386
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bénédictins

Nearest frequency peer: bénédictins (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cadix »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Cadix » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

Cadix vs CDI
20% similar
Cadix vs cai
40% similar
Cadix vs caïd
20% similar

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

Key facts for Cadix
PropertyValue
HeadwordCadix
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.diks\
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,386
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cadix »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Cadixse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bénédictins » (#31,385), « caillot » (#31,387), « canap » (#31,388). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cadix » est au #31,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Cadix (IPA \ka.diks\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,386 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cadix, with forms such as "acdix", "caddix", and "cadixx". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CDI", "cai", "caïd", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Cadix, spelled C-A-D-I-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune et ville portuaire d’Espagne, chef-lieu de la province du même nom.
  2. 2
    Province d’Espagne située dans la communauté autonome d’Andalousie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Byron a merveilleusement caractérisé la physionomie de Cadix en une seule touche : « Brillante Cadix, qui t’élèves vers le ciel du milieu du bleu foncé de la mer. »
  2. En 1585, des escadres anglaises avaient attaqué, sans déclaration de guerre, Saint-Domingue et Carthagène. Une année plus tard, Drake insulta Lisbonne et détruisit, à Cadix, une flotte entière de navires de transport.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acdix
  • caddix
  • cadixx
  • cadxi
  • caidx
  • ccadix
  • cdaix

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cadix - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acdix2caddix1cadixx1cadxi2caidx2ccadix1cdaix2
Edit distance from "Cadix"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cadix"?
"Cadix" is spelled C-A-D-I-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.diks\.
What does "Cadix" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cadix" means: Commune et ville portuaire d’Espagne, chef-lieu de la province du même nom.
What words are commonly confused with "Cadix"?
"Cadix" is commonly confused with "CDI", "cai", "caïd". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cadix"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cadix" is \ka.diks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cadix" come from?
"Cadix" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list