Which to use
“conde” and “convié” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,566
- “conde” frequency rank
- #29,299
- “convié” frequency rank
- 78865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conde | convié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comte. | Très souvent employé comme nom avec le sens d’invité à un repas de cérémonie. |
Where the eye mixes conde and convié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. conde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against convié's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses conde with convié
A purely visual mix-up. conde (\ˈko̞n.de̞\) and convié (\kɔ̃.vje\) 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 78865, 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\. convié is at rank #29,299, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vje\.
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 78865, this pair ranks #24,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conde vs convié
Shared letters: cno. Private to "conde": de. Private to "convié": ivé.
"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "convié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conde ← cconde · cnode · codne · condde · coned · connde · ocnde
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conde" and "convié" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "conde" or "convié"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "conde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conde" and "convié" 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 #24,684 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.