Which to use
“conducía” and “conducir” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,554
- “conducía” frequency rank
- #3,993
- “conducir” frequency rank
- 18547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conducía | conducir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de conducir o de conducirse. | Llevar₁, transportar₁ [algo o a alguien] de una parte a otra. |
Where the eye mixes conducía and conducir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. conducía (CVCCVCVV) and conducir (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between conducía and conducir
A purely visual mix-up. conducía ([kõn̪d̪uˈsia]) and conducir ([kõn̪d̪uˈsiɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18547, 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]. conducir is at rank #3,993, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪uˈsiɾ].
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 18547, this pair ranks #267,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conducía vs conducir
Shared letters: cdnou. Private to "conducía": aí. Private to "conducir": ir.
"conducía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "conducir" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conducir ← cconducir · cnoducir · codnucir · condcuir · condducir · conduccir · conducirr · conducri
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conducía" for "conducir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "conducía" or "conducir"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "conducía" and "conducir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conducía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conducir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conducía" and "conducir" 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 #267,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.