Which to use
“condition” and “conditions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,858
- “condition” frequency rank
- #610
- “conditions” frequency rank
- 2468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condition | conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nature, état ou qualité d’une chose ou d’une personne. | Pluriel de condition. |
Same sound, different letters: condition vs conditions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. condition runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against conditions's 10 (CVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - condition / conditions
This is the hard kind. condition and conditions are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “condition” sits inside “conditions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
condition is recorded at frequency rank #1,858, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃\. conditions is at rank #610, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃\.
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 2468, this pair ranks #436,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of condition vs conditions
Shared letters: cdinot. Private to "condition": -. Private to "conditions": s.
"condition" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "conditions" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- condition ← ccondition · cnodition · codnition · conddition · condiiton · conditino · conditionn · conditoin
- conditions ← cconditions · cnoditions · codnitions · condditions · condiitons · conditinos · conditionns · conditionss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "condition" and "conditions" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "condition" vs "conditions" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "condition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conditions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condition" and "conditions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cognition vs condition". 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 #436,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.