condevscorreWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: conde is a noun, corre is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conde” is a noun and “corre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,765
“conde” frequency rank
#3,037
“corre” frequency rank
5802
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conde corre
Definition Título nobiliario que se sitúa en categoría entre el marqués y el vizconde. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de correr o de correrse.

Where the eye mixes conde and corre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
conde
5 ch
corre

Look-alike desk: conde vs corre

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conde is [ˈkõn̪d̪e] while corre is [ˈkore]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5802, 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]. corre is at rank #3,037, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkore].

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 5802, this pair ranks #312,619 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conde vs corre

Shared letters: ceo. Private to "conde": dn. Private to "corre": r.

"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "corre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condecconde · cnode · codne · condde · coned · connde · ocnde
  • correccorre · core · crore · ocrre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conde" for "corre" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conde" is a noun and "corre" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conde" or "corre" show up more?
"conde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,765 in our Spanish list, against #3,037 for "corre". 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 "conde" and "corre" 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 "corre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #312,619 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conde" and "corre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "catre vs corre". 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 #312,619 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