Which to use
“cond” is an adjective and “conde” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,131
- “cond” frequency rank
- #38,341
- “conde” frequency rank
- 82472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cond | conde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Clipping of conditional. | Alternative spelling of conn. |
Letter map: cond vs conde
Shared letters muted; letters that set cond and conde apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cond runs 4 letters (CVCC) against conde's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - cond and conde
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cond is anadjective and condeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cond” sits inside “conde”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cond is recorded at frequency rank #44,131, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɒnd/. conde is at rank #38,341, tagged as anoun.
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 82472, this pair ranks #15,667 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cond vs conde
Shared letters: cdno. Private to "cond": -. Private to "conde": e.
"cond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cond" and "conde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cond" vs "conde" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "cond" and "conde". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,667 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cond" and "conde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cond vs cuny". 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 #15,667 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.