Which to use
“conduisait” and “conduisant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,337
- “conduisait” frequency rank
- #11,741
- “conduisant” frequency rank
- 27078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduisait | conduisant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de conduire. | Participe présent de conduire. |
Where the eye mixes conduisait and conduisant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. conduisait (CVCCVVCVVC) and conduisant (CVCCVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: conduisait vs conduisant
A purely visual mix-up. conduisait (\kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ\) and conduisant (\kɔ̃.dɥi.zɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “conduisait” becomes n in “conduisant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conduisait is recorded at frequency rank #15,337, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ\. conduisant is at rank #11,741, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi.zɑ̃\.
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 27078, this pair ranks #331,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conduisait vs conduisant
Shared letters: acdinostu. Private to "conduisait": -. Private to "conduisant": -.
"conduisait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVVC · "conduisant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conduisait ← cconduisait · cnoduisait · codnuisait · condduisait · condiusait · conduiasit · conduisaitt · conduisati
- conduisant ← cconduisant · cnoduisant · codnuisant · condduisant · condiusant · conduiasnt · conduisannt · conduisantt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conduisait" and "conduisant" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "conduisait" or "conduisant"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduisait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conduisant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #331,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduisait" and "conduisant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduisais vs conduisait". 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 #331,209 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.