Which to use
“conducteur” is a noun and “conducteurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,136
- “conducteur” frequency rank
- #7,292
- “conducteurs” frequency rank
- 11428
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conducteur | conducteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui conduit, qui mène un déplacement. | Masculin pluriel de conducteur. |
Same sound, different letters: conducteur vs conducteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. conducteur runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against conducteurs's 11 (CVCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - conducteur and conducteurs
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: conducteur and conducteurs carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.dyk.tœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “conducteur” sits inside “conducteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conducteur is recorded at frequency rank #4,136, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dyk.tœʁ\. conducteurs is at rank #7,292, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.dyk.tœʁ\.
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 11428, this pair ranks #409,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conducteur vs conducteurs
Shared letters: cdenortu. Private to "conducteur": -. Private to "conducteurs": s.
"conducteur" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "conducteurs" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conducteur ← cconducteur · cnoducteur · codnucteur · condcuteur · condducteur · conduccteur · conducetur · conducteru
- conducteurs ← cconducteurs · cnoducteurs · codnucteurs · condcuteurs · condducteurs · conduccteurs · conduceturs · conducterus
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "conducteur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conducteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conducteur" and "conducteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conducteurs vs connecteurs". 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 #409,183 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.