cóndor
[ˈkõn̪d̪oɾ]
The verdict
“cóndor” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,945 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,945
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Vultur gryphus) Ave de rapiña de la familia de los buitres americanos que habita en la Cordillera de los Andes. Es de plumaje negro con plumas blancas alrededor del cuello y en las alas. Su cabeza...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cóndor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkõn̪d̪oɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cóndor” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cóndor is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkõn̪d̪oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,945 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Vultur gryphus) Ave de rapiña de la familia de los buitres americanos que habita en la Cordillera de los Andes. Es de plumaje negro con plumas blancas alrededor del cuello y en las alas. Su cabeza...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cóndor, with forms such as "ccóndor", "cnódor", and "códnor". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "coño", "contó", "Congo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cóndor, spelled C-Ó-N-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1(Vultur gryphus) Ave de rapiña de la familia de los buitres americanos que habita en la Cordillera de los Andes. Es de plumaje negro con plumas blancas alrededor del cuello y en las alas. Su cabeza está desnuda y posee una especie de cresta.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccóndor,cnódor,códnor,cónddor,cóndorr,cóndro,cónndor,cónodr,ócndor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cóndor - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cóndor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-Ó-N-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkõn̪d̪oɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “coño” - see the side-by-side comparison. cóndor vs coño
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.