Which to use
“conduites” and “conduits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,934
- “conduites” frequency rank
- #11,019
- “conduits” frequency rank
- 22953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduites | conduits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de conduite. | Pluriel de conduit. |
Where the eye mixes conduites and conduits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. conduites runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCVC) against conduits's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between conduites and conduits
A purely visual mix-up. conduites (\kɔ̃.dɥit\) and conduits (\kɔ̃.dɥi\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conduites is recorded at frequency rank #11,934, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥit\. 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 22953, this pair ranks #355,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conduites vs conduits
Shared letters: cdinostu. Private to "conduites": e. Private to "conduits": -.
"conduites" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "conduits" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conduites" and "conduits" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "conduites" or "conduits"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "conduites" and "conduits" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduites" 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 #355,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduites" 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 #355,193 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.