Which to use
“conduire” and “conduisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,267
- “conduire” frequency rank
- #40,683
- “conduisez” frequency rank
- 42950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduire | conduisez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mener, guider, diriger vers un lieu déterminé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de conduire. |
Where the eye mixes conduire and conduisez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conduire runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against conduisez's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: conduire vs conduisez
A purely visual mix-up. conduire (\kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\) and conduisez (\kɔ̃.dɥi.ze\) 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 42950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conduire is recorded at frequency rank #2,267, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\. conduisez is at rank #40,683, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi.ze\.
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 42950, this pair ranks #221,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conduire vs conduisez
Shared letters: cdeinou. Private to "conduire": r. Private to "conduisez": sz.
"conduire" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "conduisez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conduire" for "conduisez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "conduire" or "conduisez"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "conduire" and "conduisez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conduisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduire" and "conduisez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduisez vs conquises". 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 #221,717 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.