conductavsconductasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,470
“conducta” frequency rank
#9,787
“conductas” frequency rank
13257
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conducta conductas
Definition manera de cond(u)cirse o (de) comportarse (de) una persona. Forma del plural de conducta

Where the eye mixes conducta and conductas

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

8 ch
conducta
9 ch
conductas

Why the eye confuses conducta with conductas

A purely visual mix-up. conducta ([kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪a]) and conductas ([kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “conducta” sits inside “conductas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conducta is recorded at frequency rank #3,470, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪a]. conductas is at rank #9,787, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪as].

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 13257, this pair ranks #288,505 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conducta vs conductas

Shared letters: acdnotu. Private to "conducta": -. Private to "conductas": s.

"conducta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "conductas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conducta ← cconducta · cnoducta · codnucta · condcuta · condducta · conducat · conduccta · conductta
  • conductas ← cconductas · cnoductas · codnuctas · condcutas · condductas · conducats · conducctas · conductass

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conducta" for "conductas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪a] versus [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conducta" or "conductas" show up more?
"conducta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,470 in our Spanish list, against #9,787 for "conductas". 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 "conducta" and "conductas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conducta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conductas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #288,505 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conducta" and "conductas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conducían vs conductas". 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 #288,505 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