Which to use
“conde” and “conte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,566
- “conde” frequency rank
- #4,741
- “conte” frequency rank
- 54307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conde | conte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comte. | Récit d’aventures imaginaires, soit qu’elles aient de la vraisemblance ou que s’y mêle du merveilleux, du féerique. |
Where the eye mixes conde and conte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. conde and conte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses conde with conte
A purely visual mix-up. conde (\ˈko̞n.de̞\) and conte (\kɔ̃t\) 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 a single letter - d in “conde” becomes t in “conte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54307, 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\. conte is at rank #4,741, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃t\.
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 54307, this pair ranks #134,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conde vs conte
Shared letters: ceno. Private to "conde": d. Private to "conte": t.
"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "conte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conde" and "conte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "conde" vs "conte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "conde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conde" and "conte" 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 #134,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.