Which to use
“reconduire” and “reconduit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,592
- “reconduire” frequency rank
- #19,960
- “reconduit” frequency rank
- 47552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reconduire | reconduit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accompagner quelqu’un sur le chemin qu’il prend pour retourner d’où il vient. | Participe passé masculin singulier de reconduire. |
Where the eye mixes reconduire and reconduit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. reconduire runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVVCV) against reconduit's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between reconduire and reconduit
A purely visual mix-up. reconduire (\ʁə.kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\) and reconduit (\ʁə.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 47552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reconduire is recorded at frequency rank #27,592, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\. reconduit is at rank #19,960, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.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 47552, this pair ranks #186,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reconduire vs reconduit
Shared letters: cdeinoru. Private to "reconduire": -. Private to "reconduit": t.
"reconduire" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCV · "reconduit" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reconduire ← erconduire · rceonduire · recconduire · recnoduire · recodnuire · recondduire · recondiure · reconduier
- reconduit ← erconduit · rceonduit · recconduit · recnoduit · recodnuit · recondduit · recondiut · reconduitt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reconduire" and "reconduit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reconduire" or "reconduit"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "reconduire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reconduit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reconduire" and "reconduit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reconduire vs reconduite". 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 #186,054 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.