# condor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒndɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #30,375

## Definitions
1. Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.
2. A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.
3. An Argentinian short range ballistic missile.
4. The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).
5. A combination of four options of the same type at four strike prices, giving limited profit and limited risk.

## Etymology
From Spanish cóndor, from Classical Quechua kuntur. The change /t/ to /d/ was characteristic of the "coastal" variety of the language.

## Easily confused with
- **Congo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-congo)
- **Conor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-conor)
- **convo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-convo)
- **Connor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-connor)
- **convoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-convoy)
- **confer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-confer)
- **cordon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-cordon)
- **Condos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-condos)
- **Conroy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-conroy)
- **Conlon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-conlon)
- **conform** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-conform)
- **contour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-contour)
- **consort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-consort)
- **cond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cond-vs-condor)
- **color** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/color-vs-condor)
- **condo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condo-vs-condor)
- **conde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conde-vs-condor)
- **coder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coder-vs-condor)
- **condom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condom-vs-condor)
- **censor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/censor-vs-condor)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccondor`, `cnodor`, `codnor`, `conddor`, `condorr`, `condro`, `conndor`, `conodr`, `ocndor`

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