conductorvsconductosWhich spelling fits?

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

#3,539
“conductor” frequency rank
#19,960
“conductos” frequency rank
23499
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conductor conductos
Definition Persona que conduce un automóvil. Forma del plural de conducto.

Where the eye mixes conductor and conductos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
conductor
9 ch
conductos

Look-alike desk: conductor vs conductos

A purely visual mix-up. conductor ([kõn̪d̪ukˈt̪oɾ]) 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 a single letter - r in “conductor” becomes s in “conductos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conductor is recorded at frequency rank #3,539, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõn̪d̪ukˈt̪oɾ]. 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 23499, this pair ranks #245,524 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conductor vs conductos

Shared letters: cdnotu. Private to "conductor": r. Private to "conductos": s.

"conductor" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "conductos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conductorcconductor · cnoductor · codnuctor · condcutor · condductor · conducctor · conducotr · conductorr
  • conductoscconductos · cnoductos · codnuctos · condcutos · condductos · conducctos · conducots · conductoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conductor" and "conductos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõn̪d̪ukˈt̪oɾ] versus [kõn̪ˈd̪ukt̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conductor" vs "conductos" - which ranks higher?
"conductor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,539 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conductor" 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 #245,524 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conductor" 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 #245,524 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