condevsconveyWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#38,341
“conde” frequency rank
#9,155
“convey” frequency rank
47496
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conde convey
Definition Alternative spelling of conn. To move (something) from one place to another.

Letter map: conde vs convey

Shared letters muted; letters that set conde and convey apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. conde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against convey's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
conde
6 ch
convey

Role in the sentence - conde and convey

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conde is anoun and conveyaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conde is recorded at frequency rank #38,341, classified as anoun. convey is at rank #9,155, tagged as averb, pronounced /kənˈveɪ/.

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 47496, this pair ranks #201,866 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conde vs convey

Shared letters: ceno. Private to "conde": d. Private to "convey": vy.

"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "convey" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conde ← cconde · cnode · codne · condde · ocnde
  • convey ← cconvey · cnovey · conevy · connvey · conveyy · convvey · convye · covney

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conde" and "convey" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conde" is a noun and "convey" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "conde" vs "convey" - which ranks higher?
"convey" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,155 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "conde" vs "convey" 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 "convey" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #201,866 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conde" and "convey" 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 #201,866 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