cocosvscondosTell them apart

Which to use

“cocos” and “condos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,696
“cocos” frequency rank
#27,745
“condos” frequency rank
57441
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cocos condos
Definition Pluriel de coco. Pluriel de condo. (condensateur).

Where the eye mixes cocos and condos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
cocos
6 ch
condos

Why the eye confuses cocos with condos

A purely visual mix-up. cocos (\ko.ko\) and condos (\kɔ̃.do\) 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 57441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cocos is recorded at frequency rank #29,696, classified as anoun, pronounced \ko.ko\. condos is at rank #27,745, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.do\.

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 57441, this pair ranks #115,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cocos vs condos

Shared letters: cos. Private to "cocos": -. Private to "condos": dn.

"cocos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "condos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cocosccocos · ccoos · coccos · cocoss · cocso · coocs · occos
  • condosccondos · cnodos · codnos · conddos · condoss · condso · conndos · conods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cocos" and "condos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ko.ko\ versus \kɔ̃.do\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cocos" vs "condos" - which ranks higher?
"condos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,745 in our French list, against #29,696 for "cocos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cocos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #115,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cocos" and "condos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cocos vs croco". 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 #115,030 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list