conde vs condor, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“conde” and “condor” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,156
“conde” frequency rank: #17,242
“condor” frequency rank: 23398
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	conde	condor
Definition	dignitário e comandante militar no império romano do oriente	grande ave de rapina, negra, comum na cordilheira dos Andes.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set conde and condor apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

conde

6 ch

condor

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. conde (/ˈkõ.dɨ/) and condor (/kõ.ˈdoɾ/) 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 23398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conde is recorded at frequency rank #6,156, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkõ.dɨ/. condor is at rank #17,242, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈdoɾ/.

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 23398, this pair ranks #46,427 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conde vs condor

Shared letters: cdno. Private to "conde": e. Private to "condor": r.

"conde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "condor" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

conde ← cconde · cnode · codne · condde · coned · connde · ocnde
condor ← ccondor · cnodor · codnor · conddor · condorr · condro · conndor · conodr

Frequency comparison

conde#6,156

condor#17,242

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conde" and "condor" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ˈkõ.dɨ/ versus /kõ.ˈdoɾ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "conde" or "condor"?

"conde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,156 in our Portuguese list, against #17,242 for "condor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering conde vs condor

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “conde” entry
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