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

#27,745
“condos” frequency rank
#6,282
“cordes” frequency rank
34027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condos cordes
Definition Pluriel de condo. (condensateur). Pluriel de corde.

Where the eye mixes condos and cordes

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

6 ch
condos
6 ch
cordes

Look-alike desk: condos vs cordes

A purely visual mix-up. condos (\kɔ̃.do\) and cordes (\kɔʁd\) 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 34027, 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\. cordes is at rank #6,282, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁd\.

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 34027, this pair ranks #286,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condos vs cordes

Shared letters: cdos. Private to "condos": n. Private to "cordes": er.

"condos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "cordes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condosccondos · cnodos · codnos · conddos · condoss · condso · conndos · conods
  • cordesccordes · codres · corddes · cordess · cordse · coreds · corrdes · crodes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "condos" and "cordes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.do\ versus \kɔʁd\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "condos" vs "cordes" - which ranks higher?
"cordes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,282 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "condos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cordes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #286,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condos" and "cordes" 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 #286,656 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