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“conduites” and “conquêtes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,934
“conduites” frequency rank
#14,642
“conquêtes” frequency rank
26576
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conduites conquêtes
Definition Pluriel de conduite. Pluriel de conquête.

Where the eye mixes conduites and conquêtes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conduites and conquêtes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
conduites
9 ch
conquêtes

Why the eye confuses conduites with conquêtes

A purely visual mix-up. conduites (\kɔ̃.dɥit\) and conquêtes (\kɔ̃.kɛt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26576, 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\. conquêtes is at rank #14,642, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.kɛt\.

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 26576, this pair ranks #334,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conduites vs conquêtes

Shared letters: cenostu. Private to "conduites": di. Private to "conquêtes": qê.

"conduites" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC  ·  "conquêtes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conduites ← cconduites · cnoduites · codnuites · condduites · condiutes · conduiets · conduitess · conduitse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conduites" and "conquêtes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.dɥit\ versus \kɔ̃.kɛt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "conduites" or "conquêtes" show up more?
"conduites" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,934 in our French list, against #14,642 for "conquêtes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conduites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conquêtes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #334,144 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conduites" and "conquêtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conques vs conquêtes". 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 #334,144 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