Which to use
“concur” is a verb and “condor” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,936
- “concur” frequency rank
- #30,375
- “condor” frequency rank
- 53311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concur | condor |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond. | Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California. |
Where the eye mixes concur and condor
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. concur and condor follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: concur vs condor
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: concur is /kəŋˈkɝ/ while condor is /ˈkɒndɔː(ɹ)/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concur is recorded at frequency rank #22,936, classified as averb, pronounced /kəŋˈkɝ/. condor is at rank #30,375, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɒndɔː(ɹ)/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 53311, this pair ranks #149,999 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concur vs condor
Shared letters: cnor. Private to "concur": u. Private to "condor": d.
"concur" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "condor" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concur" and "condor" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "concur" or "condor"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "concur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "condor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,999 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concur" and "condor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cond vs condor". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #149,999 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.