conduisvsconquiseWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: conduis is a verb, conquise is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#18,691
“conduis” frequency rank
#22,529
“conquise” frequency rank
41220
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conduis conquise
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de conduire. Féminin singulier de conquis.

Where the eye mixes conduis and conquise

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. conduis runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against conquise's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
conduis
8 ch
conquise

Look-alike desk: conduis vs conquise

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conduis is \kɔ̃.dɥi\ while conquise is \kɔ̃.kiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41220, 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\. conquise is at rank #22,529, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.kiz\.

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 41220, this pair ranks #234,715 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conduis vs conquise

Shared letters: cinosu. Private to "conduis": d. Private to "conquise": eq.

"conduis" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "conquise" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conduis ← cconduis · cnoduis · codnuis · condduis · condius · conduiss · condusi · connduis
  • conquise ← cconquise · cnoquise · connquise · conqiuse · conqquise · conquies · conquisse · conqusie

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conduis" for "conquise" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conduis" is a verb and "conquise" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "conduis" or "conquise" show up more?
"conduis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,691 in our French list, against #22,529 for "conquise". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "conduis" and "conquise" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conduis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conquise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #234,715 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conduis" and "conquise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conques vs conquise". 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 #234,715 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