condosvsconsoWhich spelling fits?

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

#27,745
“condos” frequency rank
#20,967
“conso” frequency rank
48712
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condos conso
Definition Pluriel de condo. (condensateur). Consommation, dans le sens de « quantité consommée ».

Where the eye mixes condos and conso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
condos
5 ch
conso

Visual trap between condos and conso

A purely visual mix-up. condos (\kɔ̃.do\) and conso (\kɔ̃.so\) 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 48712, 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\. conso is at rank #20,967, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.so\.

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 48712, this pair ranks #176,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condos vs conso

Shared letters: cnos. Private to "condos": d. Private to "conso": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condosccondos · cnodos · codnos · conddos · condoss · condso · conndos · conods
  • consocconso · cnoso · connso · conos · consso · cosno · ocnso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "condos" for "conso" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.do\ versus \kɔ̃.so\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "condos" vs "conso" - which ranks higher?
"conso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,967 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.

After this comparison

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 "conso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #176,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condos" and "conso" 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 #176,633 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