# conductor

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈdʌktɚ/ · frequency rank #9,587

## Definitions
1. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
2. A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
3. A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.
4. Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
5. An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
6. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
7. A leader.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.

## Easily confused with
- **connector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conductor-vs-connector)
- **conduct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conduct-vs-conductor)
- **conducted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conducted-vs-conductor)
- **conduction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conduction-vs-conductor)

## Common misspellings (14)
`cconductor`, `cnoductor`, `codnuctor`, `condcutor`, `condductor`, `conducctor`, `conducotr`, `conductorr`, `conductro`, `conducttor`, `condutcor`, `connductor`, `conudctor`, `ocnductor`

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