condovscondosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“condo” and “condos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,676
“condo” frequency rank
#27,745
“condos” frequency rank
48421
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condo condos
Definition Condominium, immeuble en copropriété, logement. Pluriel de condo. (condensateur).

Same sound, different letters: condo vs condos

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

5 ch
condo
6 ch
condos

Same sound, different spelling - condo / condos

This is the hard kind. condo and condos are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.do\) 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) - “condo” sits inside “condos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condo is recorded at frequency rank #20,676, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.do\. condos is at rank #27,745, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.do\.

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 48421, this pair ranks #179,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condo vs condos

Shared letters: cdno. Private to "condo": -. Private to "condos": s.

"condo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "condos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condoccondo · cnodo · codno · conddo · conndo · conod · ocndo
  • condosccondos · cnodos · codnos · conddos · condoss · condso · conndos · conods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "condo" and "condos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.do\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "condo" vs "condos" - which ranks higher?
"condo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,676 in our French list, against #27,745 for "condos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "condos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condo" and "condos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs condos". 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 #179,072 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list