Which to use
“conde” and “condos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,566
- “conde” frequency rank
- #27,745
- “condos” frequency rank
- 77311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conde | condos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comte. | Pluriel de condo. (condensateur). |
Where the eye mixes conde and condos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. conde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against condos's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between conde and condos
A purely visual mix-up. conde (\ˈko̞n.de̞\) 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 77311, 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\. 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 77311, this pair ranks #28,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conde vs condos
Shared letters: cdno. Private to "conde": e. Private to "condos": s.
"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "condos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conde" for "condos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "conde" vs "condos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "conde" and "condos" 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 "condos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conde" and "condos" 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 #28,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.