conducidavsconductaTell them apart

Quick tell: conducida is a participle, conducta is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conducida” is a participle and “conducta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,572
“conducida” frequency rank
#3,470
“conducta” frequency rank
29042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conducida conducta
Definition Forma del femenino de conducido, participio de conducir o de conducirse. manera de cond(u)cirse o (de) comportarse (de) una persona.

Where the eye mixes conducida and conducta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
conducida
8 ch
conducta

Why the eye confuses conducida with conducta

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conducida is [kõn̪d̪uˈsið̞a] while conducta is [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conducida is recorded at frequency rank #25,572, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪d̪uˈsið̞a]. conducta is at rank #3,470, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪a].

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 29042, this pair ranks #218,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conducida vs conducta

Shared letters: acdnou. Private to "conducida": i. Private to "conducta": t.

"conducida" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "conducta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conducidacconducida · cnoducida · codnucida · condcuida · condducida · conduccida · conducdia · conduciad
  • conductacconducta · cnoducta · codnucta · condcuta · condducta · conducat · conduccta · conductta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conducida" for "conducta" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conducida" is a participle and "conducta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conducida" or "conducta" show up more?
"conducta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,470 in our Spanish list, against #25,572 for "conducida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "conducida" and "conducta" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conducida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conducta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #218,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conducida" and "conducta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conducían vs conducida". 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 #218,956 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