conduct

\ˈkɑn.dʌkt\

/\ˈkɑn.dʌkt\/ noun

The verdict

“conduct” is uncommon French (frequency #81,904 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,904
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conduite, manière de se tenir, procédé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conduct · conduct · French

conduct · rank #81,904 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,904
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concurrencent

Nearest frequency peer: concurrencent (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « conduct »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « conduct » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for conduct
PropertyValue
Headwordconduct
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɑn.dʌkt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,904
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « conduct » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).conducttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « concurrencent » (#81,903), « confirm » (#81,906), « comparutions » (#81,901). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conduct » est au #81,904. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

conduct is uncommon French at frequency #81,904 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɑn.dʌkt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conduite, manière de se tenir, procédé.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for conduct, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is conduct, spelled C-O-N-D-U-C-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conduite, manière de se tenir, procédé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how conduct appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I was not impressed by your conduct in this affair.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conduct"?
"conduct" is spelled C-O-N-D-U-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɑn.dʌkt\.
What does "conduct" mean?
As a noun, "conduct" means: Conduite, manière de se tenir, procédé.
How do you pronounce "conduct"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conduct" is \ˈkɑn.dʌkt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conduct" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "conduct", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list