conduisezvsconduiteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: conduisez is a verb, conduite is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conduisez” is a verb and “conduite” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,683
“conduisez” frequency rank
#2,169
“conduite” frequency rank
42852
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conduisez conduite
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de conduire. Action de conduire, de mener, de guider, d’accompagner.

Where the eye mixes conduisez and conduite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conduisez runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCVC) against conduite's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
conduisez
8 ch
conduite

Look-alike desk: conduisez vs conduite

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conduisez is \kɔ̃.dɥi.ze\ while conduite is \kɔ̃.dɥit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conduisez is recorded at frequency rank #40,683, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi.ze\. conduite is at rank #2,169, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥit\.

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 42852, this pair ranks #222,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conduisez vs conduite

Shared letters: cdeinou. Private to "conduisez": sz. Private to "conduite": t.

"conduisez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC  ·  "conduite" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conduisez ← cconduisez · cnoduisez · codnuisez · condduisez · condiusez · conduiesz · conduisezz · conduissez
  • conduite ← cconduite · cnoduite · codnuite · condduite · condiute · conduiet · conduitte · condutie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conduisez" and "conduite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conduisez" is a verb and "conduite" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "conduisez" vs "conduite" - which ranks higher?
"conduite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,169 in our French list, against #40,683 for "conduisez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "conduisez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conduite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #222,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conduisez" and "conduite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduisez vs conquises". 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 #222,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list