Which to use
“cond” is an adjective and “cont” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,131
- “cond” frequency rank
- #20,320
- “cont” frequency rank
- 64451
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cond | cont |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Clipping of conditional. | Abbreviation of continue. |
Letter map: cond vs cont
Shared letters muted; letters that set cond and cont apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cond and cont follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: cond vs cont
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cond is anadjective and contaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “cond” becomes t in “cont”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64451, 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/. cont is at rank #20,320, tagged as averb.
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 64451, this pair ranks #77,642 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cond vs cont
Shared letters: cno. Private to "cond": d. Private to "cont": t.
"cond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "cont" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cond" and "cont" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "cond" or "cont" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "cond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cont" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,642 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cond" and "cont" 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 #77,642 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.