Which to use
“common” is an adjective and “condón” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,064
- “common” frequency rank
- #17,081
- “condón” frequency rank
- 41145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | common | condón |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Común. | Dispositivo que se utiliza durante el coito como método anticonceptivo y de prevención de varias enfermedades de transmisión sexual. Se encuentran dos versiones; la primera se coloca cubriendo el pene y consiste en una funda que se ajusta a ligera tensión sobre el pene erecto, y la segunda es una bolsa que forra la vagina y cubre los genitales externos. |
Where the eye mixes common and condón
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between common and condón
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: common is /ˈkɒm.ən/ while condón is [kõn̪ˈd̪õn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
common is recorded at frequency rank #24,064, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈkɒm.ən/. condón is at rank #17,081, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪ˈd̪õn].
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 41145, this pair ranks #155,285 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of common vs condón
Shared letters: cno. Private to "common": m. Private to "condón": dó.
"common" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "condón" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- common ← ccommon · cmomon · commno · commonn · comomn · comon · ocmmon
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "common" for "condón" ever safe?
Frequency check: "common" vs "condón" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "common" and "condón" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "common" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "condón" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,285 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "common" and "condón" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comme vs common". 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 #155,285 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.