# Kondo

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #46,576

## Definitions
1. To tidy up using the methods advocated by Marie Kondo, especially keeping only those things that tokimeku (spark joy).

## Etymology
* (surname): From Japanese 近藤 (Kondō).
* (verb): After Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵), Japanese organizing consultant and author.

## Easily confused with
- **Koo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kondo-vs-koo)
- **Kong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kondo-vs-kong)
- **kono** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kondo-vs-kono)
- **kno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kno-vs-kondo)
- **kind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kind-vs-kondo)
- **kano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kano-vs-kondo)
- **Kona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kona-vs-kondo)
- **koko** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/koko-vs-kondo)
- **kino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kino-vs-kondo)
- **kobo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kobo-vs-kondo)
- **kinda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kinda-vs-kondo)
- **kinds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kinds-vs-kondo)
- **kiddo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiddo-vs-kondo)
- **Kandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kandy-vs-kondo)
- **Komodo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/komodo-vs-kondo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`kkondo`, `knodo`, `kodno`, `konddo`, `konndo`, `konod`, `okndo`

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