Which to use
“condado” and “cordão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,591
- “condado” frequency rank
- #11,038
- “cordão” frequency rank
- 19629
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condado | cordão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dignidade de conde | corda fina e flexível |
Where the eye mixes condado and cordão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. condado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cordão's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between condado and cordão
A purely visual mix-up. condado (/kõ.ˈda.du/) and cordão (/kuɾ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/) 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 19629, 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/. cordão is at rank #11,038, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kuɾ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/.
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 19629, this pair ranks #51,066 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of condado vs cordão
Shared letters: cdo. Private to "condado": an. Private to "cordão": rã.
"condado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cordão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- condado ← ccondado · cnodado · codnado · conaddo · condaddo · condaod · conddado · conddao
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "condado" and "cordão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "condado" or "cordão" show up more?
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 "condado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cordão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,066 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condado" and "cordão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerda vs cordão". 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 #51,066 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.