combovscondoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#15,110
“combo” frequency rank
#20,676
“condo” frequency rank
35786
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature combo condo
Definition Deux ou plusieurs appareils, fonctions, combinés en un. Condominium, immeuble en copropriété, logement.

Where the eye mixes combo and condo

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

5 ch
combo
5 ch
condo

Look-alike desk: combo vs condo

A purely visual mix-up. combo (\kɔ̃.bo\) and condo (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

combo is recorded at frequency rank #15,110, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.bo\. condo is at rank #20,676, 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 35786, this pair ranks #274,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of combo vs condo

Shared letters: co. Private to "combo": bm. Private to "condo": dn.

"combo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "condo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comboccombo · cmobo · cobmo · combbo · commbo · comob · ocmbo
  • condoccondo · cnodo · codno · conddo · conndo · conod · ocndo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "combo" for "condo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.bo\ versus \kɔ̃.do\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "combo" vs "condo" - which ranks higher?
"combo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,110 in our French list, against #20,676 for "condo". 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 "combo" and "condo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "combo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #274,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "combo" and "condo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs condo". 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 #274,249 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