Which to use
“conducen” and “conducían” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,342
- “conducen” frequency rank
- #42,353
- “conducían” frequency rank
- 54695
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conducen | conducían |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conducir o de conducirse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de conducir o de conducirse. |
Where the eye mixes conducen and conducían
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conducen runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against conducían's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: conducen vs conducían
A purely visual mix-up. conducen ([kõn̪ˈd̪usẽn]) and conducían ([kõn̪d̪uˈsiãn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conducen is recorded at frequency rank #12,342, classified as averb, pronounced [kõn̪ˈd̪usẽn]. conducían is at rank #42,353, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪uˈsiãn].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 54695, this pair ranks #82,169 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conducen vs conducían
Shared letters: cdnou. Private to "conducen": e. Private to "conducían": aí.
"conducen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "conducían" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conducen ← cconducen · cnoducen · codnucen · condcuen · condducen · conduccen · conducenn · conducne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conducen" for "conducían" ever safe?
Which is more common, "conducen" or "conducían"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "conducen" and "conducían" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conducen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conducían" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,169 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conducen" and "conducían" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conducían vs consumían". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #82,169 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.