Which to use
“conde” and “cornée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,566
- “conde” frequency rank
- #33,194
- “cornée” frequency rank
- 82760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conde | cornée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comte. | Partie transparente insérée dans la sclérotique de l’œil devant le cristallin. |
Where the eye mixes conde and cornée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. conde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against cornée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: conde vs cornée
A purely visual mix-up. conde (\ˈko̞n.de̞\) and cornée (\kɔʁ.ne\) 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 82760, 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\. cornée is at rank #33,194, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.ne\.
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 82760, this pair ranks #16,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conde vs cornée
Shared letters: ceno. Private to "conde": d. Private to "cornée": ré.
"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cornée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conde ← cconde · cnode · codne · condde · coned · connde · ocnde
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conde" and "cornée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "conde" or "cornée"?
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 "cornée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conde" and "cornée" 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 #16,079 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.