conduit

\kɔ̃.dɥi\

/\kɔ̃.dɥi\/ noun

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The verdict

“conduit” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,859 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#1,859
frequency rank, French
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tuyau, canal par lequel coule et passe quelque fluide.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

conduit vs connut
71% similar
conduit vs confit
71% similar
conduit vs connaît
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for conduit
PropertyValue
Headwordconduit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.dɥi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,859
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “conduit” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). conduit lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for conduit is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.dɥi\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,859 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for conduit, with forms such as "cconduit", "cnoduit", and "codnuit". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "connut", "confit", "connaît", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is conduit, spelled C-O-N-D-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tuyau, canal par lequel coule et passe quelque fluide.
  2. 2
    Genre musical vocal médiéval, sur un texte à caractère généralement paraliturgique, ou simplement moralisateur. Il s’agit d’un chant de « conduite ».
  3. 3
    Motet d'église.
  4. 4
    Sous l’Ancien Régime, désigne le feu ou le foyer, par métonymie et ellipse de conduit de cheminée.
  5. 5
    Poulie servant de passage à une manœuvre.
  6. 6
    Cavalier, dans le sens de pointe recourbée et affûtée au deux extrémités

This word in other languages

conduit(English)conducto(Español)duto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconduit,cnoduit,codnuit,condduit,condiut,conduitt,conduti,connduit,conudit,ocnduit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conduit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconduit1cnoduit2codnuit2condduit1condiut2conduitt1conduti2connduit1
Edit distance from "conduit"

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 "conduit"?
"conduit" is spelled C-O-N-D-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.dɥi\.
What does "conduit" mean?
As a noun, "conduit" means: Tuyau, canal par lequel coule et passe quelque fluide.
What words are commonly confused with "conduit"?
"conduit" is commonly confused with "connut", "confit", "connaît". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conduit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conduit" is \kɔ̃.dɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conduit" come from?
"conduit" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “conduit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-D-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ̃.dɥi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “connut” - see the side-by-side comparison. conduit vs connut
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list