condovscontiWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#20,676
“condo” frequency rank
#21,580
“conti” frequency rank
42256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condo conti
Definition Condominium, immeuble en copropriété, logement. Pluriel de conto.

Where the eye mixes condo and conti

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
condo
5 ch
conti

Look-alike desk: condo vs conti

A purely visual mix-up. condo (\kɔ̃.do\) and conti (\ˈkon.ti\) 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 42256, 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\. conti is at rank #21,580, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈkon.ti\.

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 42256, this pair ranks #226,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condo vs conti

Shared letters: cno. Private to "condo": d. Private to "conti": it.

"condo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "conti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condoccondo · cnodo · codno · conddo · conndo · conod · ocndo
  • conticconti · cnoti · conit · connti · contti · cotni · ocnti

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "condo" for "conti" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.do\ versus \ˈkon.ti\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "condo" vs "conti" - which ranks higher?
"condo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,676 in our French list, against #21,580 for "conti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "condo" and "conti" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #226,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condo" and "conti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs conti". 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 #226,995 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