Which to use
“conde” is a noun and “Condon” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,341
- “conde” frequency rank
- #37,393
- “Condon” frequency rank
- 75734
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conde | Condon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative spelling of conn. | A surname from Irish. |
Letter map: conde vs Condon
Shared letters muted; letters that set conde and Condon apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. conde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against Condon's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for conde / Condon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conde is anoun and Condonaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conde is recorded at frequency rank #38,341, classified as anoun. 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 75734, this pair ranks #32,183 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conde vs Condon
Shared letters: cdno. Private to "conde": e. Private to "Condon": -.
"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Condon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conde" for "Condon" ever safe?
Frequency check: "conde" vs "Condon" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "conde" and "Condon". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "conde" 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 #32,183 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conde" and "Condon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Colson vs Condon". 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 #32,183 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.