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

#14,796
“conducto” frequency rank
#19,960
“conductos” frequency rank
34756
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conducto conductos
Definition Canal, por lo general cubierto, que funciona para dar paso y salida a las aguas y a otras materias. Forma del plural de conducto.

Where the eye mixes conducto and conductos

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

8 ch
conducto
9 ch
conductos

Visual trap between conducto and conductos

A purely visual mix-up. conducto ([kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪o]) and conductos ([kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪os]) 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) - “conducto” sits inside “conductos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conducto is recorded at frequency rank #14,796, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪o]. conductos is at rank #19,960, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪os].

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 34756, this pair ranks #189,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conducto vs conductos

Shared letters: cdnotu. Private to "conducto": -. Private to "conductos": s.

"conducto" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "conductos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conductocconducto · cnoducto · codnucto · condcuto · condducto · conduccto · conducot · conductto
  • conductoscconductos · cnoductos · codnuctos · condcutos · condductos · conducctos · conducots · conductoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conducto" and "conductos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪o] versus [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conducto" or "conductos" show up more?
"conducto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,796 in our Spanish list, against #19,960 for "conductos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conducto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conductos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conducto" and "conductos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conductos vs convictos". 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 #189,731 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