Which to use
“conde” and “côte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,566
- “conde” frequency rank
- #1,288
- “côte” frequency rank
- 50854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conde | côte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comte. | Chacun des os qui forment la cage thoracique. |
Where the eye mixes conde and côte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. conde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against côte's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: conde vs côte
A purely visual mix-up. conde (\ˈko̞n.de̞\) and côte (\kot\) 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 50854, 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\. côte is at rank #1,288, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kot\.
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 50854, this pair ranks #159,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conde vs côte
Shared letters: ce. Private to "conde": dno. Private to "côte": tô.
"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "côte" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conde ← cconde · cnode · codne · condde · coned · connde · ocnde
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conde" for "côte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "conde" vs "côte" - 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 "côte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conde" and "côte" 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 #159,419 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.