Which to use
“condemned” and “condensed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,434
- “condemned” frequency rank
- #17,108
- “condensed” frequency rank
- 24542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condemned | condensed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally. | Highly concentrated, or packed into a small space. |
Letter map: condemned vs condensed
Shared letters muted; letters that set condemned and condensed apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.
Pair insight - condemned / condensed
condemned and condensed are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
condemned is recorded at frequency rank #7,434, classified as anadj, pronounced /kənˈdɛmd/. condensed is at rank #17,108, tagged as anadj.
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 24542, this pair ranks #401,170 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of condemned vs condensed
Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "condemned": m. Private to "condensed": s.
"condemned" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "condensed" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "condemned" and "condensed" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "condemned" vs "condensed" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "condemned" and "condensed".
- Full dictionary entry for "condemned" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "condensed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,170 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condemned" and "condensed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condense vs condensed". 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 #401,170 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.