Which to use
“condition” and “conduction” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,858
- “condition” frequency rank
- #39,716
- “conduction” frequency rank
- 41574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condition | conduction |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nature, état ou qualité d’une chose ou d’une personne. | Action de prendre à loyer. |
Where the eye mixes condition and conduction
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: condition vs conduction
A purely visual mix-up. condition (\kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃\) and conduction (\kɔ̃.dyk.sjɔ̃\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
condition is recorded at frequency rank #1,858, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃\. conduction is at rank #39,716, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dyk.sjɔ̃\.
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 41574, this pair ranks #232,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of condition vs conduction
Shared letters: cdinot. Private to "condition": -. Private to "conduction": u.
"condition" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "conduction" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- condition ← ccondition · cnodition · codnition · conddition · condiiton · conditino · conditionn · conditoin
- conduction ← cconduction · cnoduction · codnuction · condcution · condduction · conducction · conduciton · conductino
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "condition" and "conduction" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "condition" or "conduction"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "condition" and "conduction" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "condition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conduction" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condition" and "conduction" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduction vs convection". 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 #232,121 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.