Which to use
“condone” is a verb and “Condos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,215
- “condone” frequency rank
- #24,706
- “Condos” frequency rank
- 47921
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condone | Condos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). | A surname from Greek. |
Letter map: condone vs Condos
Shared letters muted; letters that set condone and Condos apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. condone runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against Condos's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for condone / Condos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: condone is averb and Condosaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47921, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
condone is recorded at frequency rank #23,215, classified as averb, pronounced /kənˈdoʊn/. Condos is at rank #24,706, 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 47921, this pair ranks #197,942 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of condone vs Condos
Shared letters: cdno. Private to "condone": e. Private to "Condos": s.
"condone" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "Condos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "condone" and "Condos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "condone" vs "Condos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "condone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Condos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,942 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condone" and "Condos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cond vs Condos". 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 #197,942 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.