Which to use
“conduisais” and “conduisait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,387
- “conduisais” frequency rank
- #15,337
- “conduisait” frequency rank
- 59724
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduisais | conduisait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de conduire. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de conduire. |
Same sound, different letters: conduisais vs conduisait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. conduisais and conduisait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - conduisais / conduisait
This is the hard kind. conduisais and conduisait are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “conduisais” becomes t in “conduisait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conduisais is recorded at frequency rank #44,387, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ\. conduisait is at rank #15,337, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ\.
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 59724, this pair ranks #101,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conduisais vs conduisait
Shared letters: acdinosu. Private to "conduisais": -. Private to "conduisait": t.
"conduisais" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVVC · "conduisait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conduisais ← cconduisais · cnoduisais · codnuisais · condduisais · condiusais · conduiasis · conduisaiss · conduisasi
- conduisait ← cconduisait · cnoduisait · codnuisait · condduisait · condiusait · conduiasit · conduisaitt · conduisati
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conduisais" and "conduisait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conduisais" vs "conduisait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduisais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conduisait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduisais" and "conduisait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduirait vs conduisais". 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 #101,517 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.