condevscontConfusable pair

Quick tell: conde is a noun, cont is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conde” is a noun and “cont” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,341
“conde” frequency rank
#20,320
“cont” frequency rank
58661
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conde cont
Definition Alternative spelling of conn. Abbreviation of continue.

Letter map: conde vs cont

Shared letters muted; letters that set conde and cont apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
conde
4 ch
cont

Part-of-speech tell for conde / cont

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conde is anoun and contaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conde is recorded at frequency rank #38,341, classified as anoun. 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 58661, this pair ranks #111,125 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conde vs cont

Shared letters: cno. Private to "conde": de. Private to "cont": t.

"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "cont" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condecconde · cnode · codne · condde · ocnde
  • contccont · cnot · connt · contt · cotn · ocnt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conde" and "cont" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conde" is a noun and "cont" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "conde" or "cont"?
"cont" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,320 in our English list, against #38,341 for "conde". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "conde" vs "cont" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conde" 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 #111,125 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conde" and "cont" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs crone". 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 #111,125 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list