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conduct

/ˈkɑndʌkt/noun, verb

conduct is spelled C-O-N-D-U-C-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, conduct means “The act or method of controlling or directing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of conduct is conducts.

How many letters and syllables are in conduct?

Letters7: C-O-N-D-U-C-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing33 times per million words; the 2,888th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 conduct?

Conduct appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th 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 conduct?

  • UK /ˈkɒndʌkt/
  • US /ˈkɑndʌkt/

As a verb (“To lead, or guide; to escort”): /kənˈdʌkt/.

Conduct has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-conduct.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-conduct_(verb).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with conduct?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as conduct from its last stressed vowel (/ɑndʌkt/):

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 conduct

  • conducts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • conducting participle, present
  • conducted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does conduct mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The act or method of controlling or directing.

  2. 2

    Skillful guidance or management.

  3. 3

    Behaviour; the manner of behaving.

    Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.

  4. 4

    Plot.

  5. 5

    obsoleteConvoy; escort; person who accompanies another.

  6. 6

    archaicSomething which carries or conveys anything; a channel; an instrument; a conduit.

  7. 7

    A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.

verb

  1. 1

    archaicTo lead, or guide; to escort.

  2. 2

    To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)

    The commander conducted thousands of troops.

  3. 3

    To behave.

    He conducted himself well.

  4. 4

    To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)

  5. 5

    To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

  6. 6

    To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

  7. 7

    To carry out (something organized)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Conduct in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanLeitung, Führung (act or method of controlling or directing), leiten, führen (lead or guide), sich verhalten, sich benehmen (reflexively: behave)
Portugueseconduta, condução (act or method of controlling or directing), conduzir (lead or guide)
Frenchse comporter (reflexively: behave), comportement, conduite (manner of guiding or carrying oneself), conduire, mener (to carry out)
Spanishconducirse (reflexively: behave), conducta (manner of guiding or carrying oneself), conducir, gestionar (direct or manage)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does conduct come from?

From Late Latin conductus (“defense, escort”), from Latin conductus, perfect passive participle of condūcō (“bring together”); see also conduce. Displaced native Old English þēaw. Doublet of conduit.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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