Which to use
“reconduit” and “répondait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,960
- “reconduit” frequency rank
- #13,253
- “répondait” frequency rank
- 33213
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reconduit | répondait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de reconduire. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de répondre. |
Where the eye mixes reconduit and répondait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. reconduit and répondait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses reconduit with répondait
A purely visual mix-up. reconduit (\ʁə.kɔ̃.dɥi\) and répondait (\ʁe.pɔ̃.dɛ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reconduit is recorded at frequency rank #19,960, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ̃.dɥi\. répondait is at rank #13,253, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pɔ̃.dɛ\.
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 33213, this pair ranks #292,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reconduit vs répondait
Shared letters: dinort. Private to "reconduit": ceu. Private to "répondait": apé.
"reconduit" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "répondait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reconduit ← erconduit · rceonduit · recconduit · recnoduit · recodnuit · recondduit · recondiut · reconduitt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reconduit" and "répondait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "reconduit" vs "répondait" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "reconduit" and "répondait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reconduit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "répondait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reconduit" and "répondait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renonçait vs répondait". 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 #292,120 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.