conducíavsconducidoConfusable pair

Which to use

“conducía” and “conducido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,554
“conducía” frequency rank
#9,603
“conducido” frequency rank
24157
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conducía conducido
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de conducir o de conducirse. Participio de conducir o de conducirse.

Where the eye mixes conducía and conducido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. conducía runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against conducido's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
conducía
9 ch
conducido

Look-alike desk: conducía vs conducido

A purely visual mix-up. conducía ([kõn̪d̪uˈsia]) and conducido ([kõn̪d̪uˈsið̞o]) 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 24157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conducía is recorded at frequency rank #14,554, classified as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪uˈsia]. conducido is at rank #9,603, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪uˈsið̞o].

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 24157, this pair ranks #242,457 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conducía vs conducido

Shared letters: cdnou. Private to "conducía": aí. Private to "conducido": i.

"conducía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "conducido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conducido ← cconducido · cnoducido · codnucido · condcuido · condducido · conduccido · conducdio · conduciddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conducía" and "conducido" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõn̪d̪uˈsia] versus [kõn̪d̪uˈsið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conducía" vs "conducido" - which ranks higher?
"conducido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,603 in our Spanish list, against #14,554 for "conducía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conducía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conducido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #242,457 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conducía" and "conducido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conducía vs conducían". 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 #242,457 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list