Which to use
“conducido” is a verb and “conducto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,603
- “conducido” frequency rank
- #14,796
- “conducto” frequency rank
- 24399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conducido | conducto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de conducir o de conducirse. | Canal, por lo general cubierto, que funciona para dar paso y salida a las aguas y a otras materias. |
Where the eye mixes conducido and conducto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conducido runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against conducto's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses conducido with conducto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conducido is [kõn̪d̪uˈsið̞o] while conducto is [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪o]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conducido is recorded at frequency rank #9,603, classified as averb, pronounced [kõn̪d̪uˈsið̞o]. conducto is at rank #14,796, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪o].
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 24399, this pair ranks #241,345 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conducido vs conducto
Shared letters: cdnou. Private to "conducido": i. Private to "conducto": t.
"conducido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "conducto" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conducido" for "conducto" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conducido" or "conducto" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "conducido" and "conducto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conducido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conducto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,345 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conducido" and "conducto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conducían vs conducido". 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 #241,345 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.