Which to use
“clone” and “conde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,481
- “clone” frequency rank
- #49,566
- “conde” frequency rank
- 69047
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clone | conde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des êtres vivants issus, par voie asexuée, d’un seul individu et possédant son patrimoine génétique. | Comte. |
Where the eye mixes clone and conde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: clone vs conde
A purely visual mix-up. clone (\klon\) and conde (\ˈko̞n.de̞\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clone is recorded at frequency rank #19,481, classified as anoun, pronounced \klon\. conde is at rank #49,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈko̞n.de̞\.
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 69047, this pair ranks #56,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clone vs conde
Shared letters: ceno. Private to "clone": l. Private to "conde": d.
"clone" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clone" and "conde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "clone" or "conde" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "clone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clone" and "conde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CNE vs conde". 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 #56,690 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.