Which to use
“conduisant” and “conduisent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,741
- “conduisant” frequency rank
- #10,295
- “conduisent” frequency rank
- 22036
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduisant | conduisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de conduire. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de conduire. |
Where the eye mixes conduisant and conduisent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. conduisant and conduisent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses conduisant with conduisent
A purely visual mix-up. conduisant (\kɔ̃.dɥi.zɑ̃\) and conduisent (\kɔ̃.dɥiz\) 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 - a in “conduisant” becomes e in “conduisent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22036, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conduisant is recorded at frequency rank #11,741, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi.zɑ̃\. conduisent is at rank #10,295, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥiz\.
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 22036, this pair ranks #360,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conduisant vs conduisent
Shared letters: cdinostu. Private to "conduisant": a. Private to "conduisent": e.
"conduisant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC · "conduisent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conduisant ← cconduisant · cnoduisant · codnuisant · condduisant · condiusant · conduiasnt · conduisannt · conduisantt
- conduisent ← cconduisent · cnoduisent · codnuisent · condduisent · condiusent · conduiesnt · conduisennt · conduisentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conduisant" and "conduisent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "conduisant" or "conduisent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "conduisant" and "conduisent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduisant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conduisent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduisant" and "conduisent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduisais vs conduisant". 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 #360,112 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.