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

#2,765
“conde” frequency rank
#3,169
“coño” frequency rank
5934
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conde coño
Definition Título nobiliario que se sitúa en categoría entre el marqués y el vizconde. Genitales internos y externos, es decir, vagina y vulva de la mujer.

Where the eye mixes conde and coño

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
conde
4 ch
coño

Look-alike desk: conde vs coño

A purely visual mix-up. conde ([ˈkõn̪d̪e]) and coño ([ˈkoɲo]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5934, 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]. coño is at rank #3,169, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkoɲo].

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 5934, this pair ranks #312,244 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conde vs coño

Shared letters: co. Private to "conde": den. Private to "coño": ñ.

"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "coño" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condecconde · cnode · codne · condde · coned · connde · ocnde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conde" for "coño" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkõn̪d̪e] versus [ˈkoɲo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conde" vs "coño" - which ranks higher?
"conde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,765 in our Spanish list, against #3,169 for "coño". 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 "coño" 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 "coño" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #312,244 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conde" and "coño" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coño vs cronos". 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 #312,244 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