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Which to use

“conte” and “core” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,937
“conte” frequency rank
#1,892
“core” frequency rank
24829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conte core
Definition An Italian count. In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.

Letter map: conte vs core

Shared letters muted; letters that set conte and core apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
conte
4 ch
core

Spelling & dictionary notes on conte vs core

conte and core 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conte is recorded at frequency rank #22,937, classified as anoun. core is at rank #1,892, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɔː/.

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 24829, this pair ranks #399,006 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conte vs core

Shared letters: ceo. Private to "conte": nt. Private to "core": r.

"conte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "core" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • contecconte · cnote · conet · connte · contte · cotne · ocnte
  • coreccore · coer · corre · croe · ocre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conte" for "core" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary English text, does "conte" or "core" show up more?
"core" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,892 in our English list, against #22,937 for "conte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "conte" vs "core" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "core" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #399,006 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conte" and "core" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conte 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 #399,006 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