Which to use
“conduite” and “conduites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,169
- “conduite” frequency rank
- #11,934
- “conduites” frequency rank
- 14103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduite | conduites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de conduire, de mener, de guider, d’accompagner. | Pluriel de conduite. |
Same sound, different letters: conduite vs conduites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. conduite runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against conduites's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - conduite / conduites
This is the hard kind. conduite and conduites are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.dɥit\) 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) - “conduite” sits inside “conduites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conduite is recorded at frequency rank #2,169, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥit\. 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 14103, this pair ranks #398,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conduite vs conduites
Shared letters: cdeinotu. Private to "conduite": -. Private to "conduites": s.
"conduite" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "conduites" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conduite" and "conduites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "conduite" or "conduites"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "conduite" / "conduites". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduite" 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 #398,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduite" 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 #398,182 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.