Which to use
“conde” and “cosse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,566
- “conde” frequency rank
- #33,195
- “cosse” frequency rank
- 82761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conde | cosse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comte. | Enveloppe de la graine, gousse, écorce. |
Where the eye mixes conde and cosse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. conde and cosse follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: conde vs cosse
A purely visual mix-up. conde (\ˈko̞n.de̞\) and cosse (\kɔs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82761, 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\. cosse is at rank #33,195, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔs\.
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 82761, this pair ranks #16,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conde vs cosse
Shared letters: ceo. Private to "conde": dn. Private to "cosse": s.
"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cosse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conde" and "cosse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conde" vs "cosse" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "cosse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conde" and "cosse" 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 #16,077 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.