Which to use
“conduit” and “conduites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,859
- “conduit” frequency rank
- #11,934
- “conduites” frequency rank
- 13793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduit | conduites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tuyau, canal par lequel coule et passe quelque fluide. | Pluriel de conduite. |
Where the eye mixes conduit and conduites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conduit runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against conduites's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses conduit with conduites
A purely visual mix-up. conduit (\kɔ̃.dɥi\) and conduites (\kɔ̃.dɥit\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “conduit” sits inside “conduites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conduit is recorded at frequency rank #1,859, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi\. conduites is at rank #11,934, 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 13793, this pair ranks #399,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conduit vs conduites
Shared letters: cdinotu. Private to "conduit": -. Private to "conduites": es.
"conduit" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "conduites" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conduit" and "conduites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conduit" vs "conduites" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "conduit" and "conduites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conduites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduit" and "conduites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduisez vs conduites". 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 #399,510 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.