Which to use
“conde” is a noun and “cotée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,566
- “conde” frequency rank
- #22,815
- “cotée” frequency rank
- 72381
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conde | cotée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comte. | Féminin singulier de coté. |
Where the eye mixes conde and cotée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. conde (CVCCV) and cotée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between conde and cotée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conde is \ˈko̞n.de̞\ while cotée is \kɔ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72381, 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\. cotée is at rank #22,815, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.te\.
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 72381, this pair ranks #44,212 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conde vs cotée
Shared letters: ceo. Private to "conde": dn. Private to "cotée": té.
"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cotée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conde ← cconde · cnode · codne · condde · coned · connde · ocnde
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conde" and "cotée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "conde" or "cotée"?
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 "cotée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,212 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conde" and "cotée" 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 #44,212 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.