Which to use
“conduit” and “conduits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,859
- “conduit” frequency rank
- #11,019
- “conduits” frequency rank
- 12878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduit | conduits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tuyau, canal par lequel coule et passe quelque fluide. | Pluriel de conduit. |
Same sound, different letters: conduit vs conduits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - conduit / conduits
This is the hard kind. conduit and conduits are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.dɥi\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “conduit” sits inside “conduits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12878, 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\. conduits is at rank #11,019, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi\.
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 12878, this pair ranks #403,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conduit vs conduits
Shared letters: cdinotu. Private to "conduit": -. Private to "conduits": s.
"conduit" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "conduits" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conduit" and "conduits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "conduit" or "conduits" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "conduit" / "conduits". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conduits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,373 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduit" and "conduits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduits vs confits". 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 #403,373 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.