Which to use
“cond” is an adjective and “Condon” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,131
- “cond” frequency rank
- #37,393
- “Condon” frequency rank
- 81524
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cond | Condon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Clipping of conditional. | A surname from Irish. |
Letter map: cond vs Condon
Shared letters muted; letters that set cond and Condon apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cond runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Condon's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - cond and Condon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cond is anadjective and Condonaname. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “cond” sits inside “Condon”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81524, 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/. Condon is at rank #37,393, tagged as aname.
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 81524, this pair ranks #17,497 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cond vs Condon
Shared letters: cdno. Private to "cond": -. Private to "Condon": -.
"cond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Condon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cond" and "Condon" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "cond" or "Condon" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "cond" vs "Condon" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Condon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,497 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cond" and "Condon" 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 #17,497 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.