Which to use
“conde” and “condor” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,566
- “conde” frequency rank
- #38,218
- “condor” frequency rank
- 87784
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conde | condor |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comte. | Non usuel désignant deux espèces d'oiseaux de la famille des Cathartidae : Gymnogyps californianus ou condor de Californie et principalement Vultur gryphus le condor des Andes. |
Where the eye mixes conde and condor
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. conde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against condor's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: conde vs condor
A purely visual mix-up. conde (\ˈko̞n.de̞\) and condor (\kɔ̃.dɔʁ\) 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 87784, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conde is recorded at frequency rank #49,566, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈko̞n.de̞\. condor is at rank #38,218, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɔʁ\.
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 87784, this pair ranks #7,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conde vs condor
Shared letters: cdno. Private to "conde": e. Private to "condor": r.
"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "condor" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conde" for "condor" ever safe?
Frequency check: "conde" vs "condor" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "conde" and "condor" 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 "condor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conde" and "condor" 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 #7,813 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.