reconduire

\ʁə.kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\

/\ʁə.kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“reconduire” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,592
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accompagner quelqu’un sur le chemin qu’il prend pour retourner d’où il vient.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reconduire · reconduire · French

reconduire · rank #27,592 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,592
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ravagée

Nearest frequency peer: ravagée (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « reconduire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « reconduire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

reconduire vs reconduit
80% similar
reconduire vs reconduite
90% similar

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

Key facts for reconduire
PropertyValue
Headwordreconduire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#27,592
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « reconduire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).reconduirese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ravagée » (#27,591), « reel » (#27,593), « rapatrier » (#27,590). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reconduire » est au #27,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around reconduire (IPA \ʁə.kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,592 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for reconduire, with forms such as "erconduire", "rceonduire", and "recconduire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "reconduit", "reconduite", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is reconduire, spelled R-E-C-O-N-D-U-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accompagner quelqu’un sur le chemin qu’il prend pour retourner d’où il vient.
  2. 2
    Accompagner par civilité une personne dont on a reçu visite, lorsqu’elle s’en va.
  3. 3
    Il s’emploie ironiquement et familièrement en parlant d’un homme qu’on chasse, qu’on expulse en le maltraitant.
  4. 4
    Renouveler un contrat, une grève, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout en causant, je l’ai reconduit à une demi-lieue sans m’en apercevoir.
  2. Je vais vous faire reconduire dans ma voiture.

This word in other languages

renew(English)continuar(Español)begleiten(Deutsch)renovar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erconduire
  • rceonduire
  • recconduire
  • recnoduire
  • recodnuire
  • recondduire
  • recondiure
  • reconduier
  • reconduirre
  • recondurie
  • reconnduire
  • reconudire
  • reocnduire
  • rreconduire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erconduire2rceonduire2recconduire1recnoduire2recodnuire2recondduire1recondiure2reconduier2
Edit distance from "reconduire"

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 "reconduire"?
"reconduire" is spelled R-E-C-O-N-D-U-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\.
What does "reconduire" mean?
As a verb, "reconduire" means: Accompagner quelqu’un sur le chemin qu’il prend pour retourner d’où il vient.
What words are commonly confused with "reconduire"?
"reconduire" is commonly confused with "reconduit", "reconduite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reconduire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reconduire" is \ʁə.kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reconduire" come from?
"reconduire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

renoncent14 variantsrequérant14 variantssacrifiés14 variantsphilologie14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list