Which to use
“conduisant” and “conduisit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,741
- “conduisant” frequency rank
- #26,308
- “conduisit” frequency rank
- 38049
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduisant | conduisit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de conduire. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de conduire. |
Where the eye mixes conduisant and conduisit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. conduisant runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCVCC) against conduisit's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: conduisant vs conduisit
A purely visual mix-up. conduisant (\kɔ̃.dɥi.zɑ̃\) and conduisit (\kɔ̃.dɥi.zi\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38049, 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\. conduisit is at rank #26,308, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi.zi\.
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 38049, this pair ranks #258,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conduisant vs conduisit
Shared letters: cdinostu. Private to "conduisant": a. Private to "conduisit": -.
"conduisant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC · "conduisit" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conduisant ← cconduisant · cnoduisant · codnuisant · condduisant · condiusant · conduiasnt · conduisannt · conduisantt
- conduisit ← cconduisit · cnoduisit · codnuisit · condduisit · condiusit · conduiist · conduisitt · conduissit
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conduisant" for "conduisit" ever safe?
Which is more common, "conduisant" or "conduisit"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "conduisant" and "conduisit" 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 "conduisit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduisant" and "conduisit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduisais vs conduisit". 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 #258,026 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.