Which to use
“condado” is a noun and “contudo” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,591
- “condado” frequency rank
- #1,275
- “contudo” frequency rank
- 9866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condado | contudo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dignidade de conde | mas, todavia, não obstante, no entanto |
Where the eye mixes condado and contudo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. condado and contudo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between condado and contudo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: condado is /kõ.ˈda.du/ while contudo is /kõ.ˈtu.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs conjunction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
condado is recorded at frequency rank #8,591, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈda.du/. contudo is at rank #1,275, tagged as aconj, pronounced /kõ.ˈtu.du/.
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 9866, this pair ranks #63,419 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of condado vs contudo
Shared letters: cdno. Private to "condado": a. Private to "contudo": tu.
"condado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "contudo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "condado" and "contudo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "condado" or "contudo" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "condado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contudo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,419 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condado" and "contudo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condado vs conduto". 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 #63,419 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.