Which to use
“conduction” and “conviction” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,716
- “conduction” frequency rank
- #6,071
- “conviction” frequency rank
- 45787
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduction | conviction |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de prendre à loyer. | Effet qu’une preuve évidente produit dans l’esprit, certitude que l’on a de la vérité d’un fait, d’un principe. |
Where the eye mixes conduction and conviction
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: conduction vs conviction
A purely visual mix-up. conduction (\kɔ̃.dyk.sjɔ̃\) and conviction (\kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conduction is recorded at frequency rank #39,716, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dyk.sjɔ̃\. conviction is at rank #6,071, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.vik.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 45787, this pair ranks #200,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conduction vs conviction
Shared letters: cinot. Private to "conduction": du. Private to "conviction": v.
"conduction" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "conviction" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conduction ← cconduction · cnoduction · codnuction · condcution · condduction · conducction · conduciton · conductino
- conviction ← cconviction · cnoviction · conivction · connviction · convcition · convicction · conviciton · convictino
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conduction" for "conviction" ever safe?
Which is more common, "conduction" or "conviction"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conviction" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduction" and "conviction" 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 #200,050 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.