# duct

> English word · Noun · IPA /dʌkt/ · frequency rank #13,330

## Definitions
1. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
2. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
3. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
4. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
5. A layer (as in the atmosphere or the ocean) which occurs under usually abnormal conditions and in which radio or sound waves are confined to a restricted path.
6. Guidance, direction.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.

## Easily confused with
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-due)
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-duo)
- **dug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dug)
- **duh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-duh)
- **DUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dui)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dun)
- **dum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dum)
- **dup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dup)
- **dud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dud)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dur)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dude)
- **duty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-duty)
- **dumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dumb)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-duke)
- **dust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dust)
- **dump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dump)
- **dull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dull)
- **Dunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dunn)
- **duel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-duel)
- **dunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duct-vs-dunk)

## Common misspellings (6)
`dcut`, `dduct`, `ducct`, `ductt`, `dutc`, `udct`

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