condor

//kõ.ˈdoɾ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,242

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

condor is aPortuguesenoun. It means: grande ave de rapina, negra, comum na cordilheira dos Andes. Pronounced /kõ.ˈdoɾ/. Often confused with conto and conor.

Key facts for condor
PropertyValue
Headwordcondor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.ˈdoɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,242
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of condor in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for condor is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.ˈdoɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #17,242 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "grande ave de rapina, negra, comum na cordilheira dos Andes.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for condor, with forms such as "ccondor", "cnodor", and "codnor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "conto", "conor", "contar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is condor, spelled C-O-N-D-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande ave de rapina, negra, comum na cordilheira dos Andes.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccondor,cnodor,codnor,conddor,condorr,condro,conndor,conodr,ocndor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for condor

Misspelling Variants of "condor"

ccondor7cnodor6codnor6conddor7condorr7condro6conndor7conodr6
Misspelling Variants of "condor"

Frequency rank: #17,242 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "condor"?
"condor" is spelled C-O-N-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.ˈdoɾ/.
What does "condor" mean?
As a noun, "condor" means: grande ave de rapina, negra, comum na cordilheira dos Andes.
What words are commonly confused with "condor"?
"condor" is commonly confused with "conto", "conor", "contar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "condor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "condor" is /kõ.ˈdoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "condor" come from?
"condor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.