Which to use
“conduise” and “conduisent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,477
- “conduise” frequency rank
- #10,295
- “conduisent” frequency rank
- 44772
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduise | conduisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de conduire. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de conduire. |
Same sound, different letters: conduise vs conduisent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. conduise runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against conduisent's 10 (CVCCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: conduise vs conduisent
This is the hard kind. conduise and conduisent are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.dɥiz\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “conduise” sits inside “conduisent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conduise is recorded at frequency rank #34,477, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥiz\. 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 44772, this pair ranks #207,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conduise vs conduisent
Shared letters: cdeinosu. Private to "conduise": -. Private to "conduisent": t.
"conduise" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "conduisent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- conduise ← cconduise · cnoduise · codnuise · condduise · condiuse · conduies · conduisse · condusie
- conduisent ← cconduisent · cnoduisent · codnuisent · condduisent · condiusent · conduiesnt · conduisennt · conduisentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conduise" and "conduisent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conduise" vs "conduisent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduise" 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 #207,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduise" and "conduisent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduise vs conduisez". 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 #207,934 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.