conduisvsconduitsConfusable pair

Quick tell: conduis is a verb, conduits is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conduis” is a verb and “conduits” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,691
“conduis” frequency rank
#11,019
“conduits” frequency rank
29710
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conduis conduits
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conduire. Pluriel de conduit.

Same sound, different letters: conduis vs conduits

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
conduis
8 ch
conduits

Same sound, different spelling - conduis / conduits

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: conduis and conduits carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.dɥi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conduis is recorded at frequency rank #18,691, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi\. conduits is at rank #11,019, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi\.

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 29710, this pair ranks #314,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conduis vs conduits

Shared letters: cdinosu. Private to "conduis": -. Private to "conduits": t.

"conduis" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "conduits" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conduiscconduis · cnoduis · codnuis · condduis · condius · conduiss · condusi · connduis
  • conduitscconduits · cnoduits · codnuits · condduits · condiuts · conduist · conduitss · conduitts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conduis" and "conduits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conduis" is a verb and "conduits" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "conduis" vs "conduits" - which ranks higher?
"conduits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,019 in our French list, against #18,691 for "conduis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"conduis" and "conduits" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conduis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conduits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #314,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conduis" and "conduits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduis vs conques". 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 #314,969 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list