Which to use
“cond” is an adjective and “curd” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,131
- “cond” frequency rank
- #31,942
- “curd” frequency rank
- 76073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cond | curd |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Clipping of conditional. | The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc. |
Where the eye mixes cond and curd
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cond vs curd
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cond is /kɒnd/ while curd is /kɜː(ɹ)d/. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76073, 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/. curd is at rank #31,942, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɜː(ɹ)d/.
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 76073, this pair ranks #31,149 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cond vs curd
Shared letters: cd. Private to "cond": no. Private to "curd": ru.
"cond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "curd" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cond" for "curd" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cond" vs "curd" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cond" and "curd" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "curd" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,149 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cond" and "curd" 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 #31,149 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.