conduce
con·duce/kənˈd(j)us/verb
conduce is spelled C-O-N-D-U-C-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (con·duce). It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, conduce means “To contribute or lead to a specific result” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in conduce?
| Letters | 7: C-O-N-D-U-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: con·duce |
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is conduce?
Conduce appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce conduce?
- UK /kənˈdjuːs/
- UK /-ˈd͡ʒuːs/
- US /kənˈd(j)us/
Conduce has 2 syllables, split con·duce in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-conduce.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with conduce?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as conduce from its last stressed vowel (/us/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of conduce
- conduces present, singular, he/she/it
- conducing participle, present
- conduced participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does conduce mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo cause (something) to occur; to bring about.
- 2
obsoleteTo contribute (something).
- 3
obsoleteTo conduct or lead (someone or something).
- 4
obsoleterareTo advantage or benefit (someone or something).
- 5
obsoleterareTo carry on or continue (an activity).
- 6
To contribute or lead to a specific result.
- 7
obsoleteTo be advantageous to; to advantage, to benefit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does conduce come from?
From Late Middle English conducen (“to guide, lead; (surgery) to draw together (edges of a wound, or parts of a torn sinew); to set (a broken bone)”), borrowed from Latin condūcere, the present active infinitive of condūcō (“to bring, draw, or lead together, assemble, collect; to contribute to something by being useful, be of use, be conducive to”), from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several things) + dūcō (“to conduct, guide, lead, lead away”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull; to lead (pull behind oneself)”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).