Which to use
“condos” and “cônes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,745
- “condos” frequency rank
- #26,321
- “cônes” frequency rank
- 54066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condos | cônes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de condo. (condensateur). | Pluriel de cône. |
Where the eye mixes condos and cônes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: condos vs cônes
A purely visual mix-up. condos (\kɔ̃.do\) and cônes (\kon\) 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 54066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
condos is recorded at frequency rank #27,745, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.do\. cônes is at rank #26,321, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kon\.
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 54066, this pair ranks #136,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of condos vs cônes
Shared letters: cns. Private to "condos": do. Private to "cônes": eô.
"condos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cônes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- condos ← ccondos · cnodos · codnos · conddos · condoss · condso · conndos · conods
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "condos" and "cônes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "condos" or "cônes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "condos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cônes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condos" and "cônes" 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 #136,533 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.