# conduction

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈdʌkʃən/ · frequency rank #29,607

## Definitions
1. The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
2. The act of leading or guiding.
3. The act of training up.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conductio, conductionem (“a bringing together”); equivalent to conduct + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **conductor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conduction-vs-conductor)
- **connection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conduction-vs-connection)
- **conviction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conduction-vs-conviction)
- **convection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conduction-vs-convection)
- **conductive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conduction-vs-conductive)
- **conjunction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conduction-vs-conjunction)
- **condition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condition-vs-conduction)
- **conducting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conducting-vs-conduction)
- **concoction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concoction-vs-conduction)

## Common misspellings (16)
`cconduction`, `cnoduction`, `codnuction`, `condcution`, `condduction`, `conducction`, `conduciton`, `conducsion`, `conductino`, `conductionn`, `conductoin`, `conducttion`, `condutcion`, `connduction`, `conudction`, `ocnduction`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/conduction