conduitsvsconquisWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: conduits is a noun, conquis is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conduits” is a noun and “conquis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,019
“conduits” frequency rank
#9,141
“conquis” frequency rank
20160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conduits conquis
Definition Pluriel de conduit. Envahi, occupé.

Letter map: conduits vs conquis

Shared letters muted; letters that set conduits and conquis apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. conduits runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCC) against conquis's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
conduits
7 ch
conquis

Grammar separator: conduits vs conquis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conduits is anoun and conquisanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conduits is recorded at frequency rank #11,019, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.dɥi\. conquis is at rank #9,141, tagged as anadj.

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 20160, this pair ranks #369,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conduits vs conquis

Shared letters: cinosu. Private to "conduits": dt. Private to "conquis": q.

"conduits" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC  ·  "conquis" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conduits ← cconduits · cnoduits · codnuits · condduits · condiuts · conduist · conduitss · conduitts
  • conquis ← cconquis · cnoquis · connquis · conqius · conqquis · conquiss · conqusi · conuqis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conduits" and "conquis" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conduits" is a noun and "conquis" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "conduits" or "conquis" show up more?
"conquis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,141 in our French list, against #11,019 for "conduits". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "conduits" and "conquis".

  • Full dictionary entry for "conduits" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conquis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #369,671 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conduits" and "conquis" 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 #369,671 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