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

#2,765
“conde” frequency rank
#15,054
“condes” frequency rank
17819
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conde condes
Definition Título nobiliario que se sitúa en categoría entre el marqués y el vizconde. Forma del plural de conde.

Where the eye mixes conde and condes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
conde
6 ch
condes

Visual trap between conde and condes

A purely visual mix-up. conde ([ˈkõn̪d̪e]) and condes ([ˈkõn̪d̪es]) 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) - “conde” sits inside “condes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17819, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conde is recorded at frequency rank #2,765, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkõn̪d̪e]. condes is at rank #15,054, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkõn̪d̪es].

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 17819, this pair ranks #270,563 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conde vs condes

Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "conde": -. Private to "condes": s.

"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "condes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condecconde · cnode · codne · condde · coned · connde · ocnde
  • condesccondes · cnodes · codnes · conddes · condess · condse · coneds · conndes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conde" for "condes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkõn̪d̪e] versus [ˈkõn̪d̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conde" vs "condes" - which ranks higher?
"conde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,765 in our Spanish list, against #15,054 for "condes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #270,563 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conde" and "condes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cojedes vs condes". 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 #270,563 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