Which to use
“Condon” and “Conlon” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,393
- “Condon” frequency rank
- #40,182
- “Conlon” frequency rank
- 77575
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Condon | Conlon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Irish. | A surname from Irish. |
Letter map: Condon vs Conlon
Shared letters muted; letters that set Condon and Conlon apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Condon and Conlon follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - Condon / Conlon
Condon and Conlon 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 differ by a single letter - d in “Condon” becomes l in “Conlon”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Condon is recorded at frequency rank #37,393, classified as aname. Conlon is at rank #40,182, 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 77575, this pair ranks #26,877 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Condon vs Conlon
Shared letters: cno. Private to "Condon": d. Private to "Conlon": l.
"Condon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Conlon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Condon" and "Conlon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Condon" vs "Conlon" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Condon" and "Conlon".
- Full dictionary entry for "Condon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Conlon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,877 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Condon" and "Conlon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Colson vs Conlon". 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 #26,877 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.