# candor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #36,912

## Definitions
1. The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.
2. Impartiality.
3. Whiteness; brilliance; purity.

## Etymology
From Latin candor (“brightness, whiteness”), from candeō (“I shine”).

## Easily confused with
- **candy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-candy)
- **canon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-canon)
- **condo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-condo)
- **Conor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-conor)
- **canoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-canoe)
- **canto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-canto)
- **cannot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-cannot)
- **cannon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-cannon)
- **canyon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-canyon)
- **Connor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-connor)
- **condom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-condom)
- **canton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-canton)
- **censor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-censor)
- **castor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-castor)
- **cantor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-cantor)
- **Condos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-condos)
- **cinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-cinder)
- **condor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-condor)
- **Condon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-condon)
- **canter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candor-vs-canter)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acndor`, `cadnor`, `canddor`, `candorr`, `candro`, `canndor`, `canodr`, `ccandor`, `cnador`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/candor