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“condado” and “condados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,934
“condado” frequency rank
#28,296
“condados” frequency rank
34230
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condado condados
Definition Dignidad honorífica de un conde Forma del plural de condado.

Where the eye mixes condado and condados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. condado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against condados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
condado
8 ch
condados

Visual trap between condado and condados

A purely visual mix-up. condado ([kõn̪ˈd̪að̞o]) and condados ([kõn̪ˈd̪að̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “condado” sits inside “condados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condado is recorded at frequency rank #5,934, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪ˈd̪að̞o]. condados is at rank #28,296, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪ˈd̪að̞os].

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 34230, this pair ranks #192,554 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condado vs condados

Shared letters: acdno. Private to "condado": -. Private to "condados": s.

"condado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "condados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condadoccondado · cnodado · codnado · conaddo · condaddo · condaod · conddado · conddao
  • condadosccondados · cnodados · codnados · conaddos · condaddos · condadoss · condadso · condaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "condado" and "condados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõn̪ˈd̪að̞o] versus [kõn̪ˈd̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "condado" or "condados"?
"condado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,934 in our Spanish list, against #28,296 for "condados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "condado" and "condados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #192,554 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condado" and "condados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condados vs cuñados". 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 #192,554 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list