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

#5,711
“traduire” frequency rank
#49,405
“traduise” frequency rank
55116
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traduire traduise
Definition Faire la traduction d’un texte ou de paroles ou de tout document depuis une langue vers une autre langue. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de traduire.

Where the eye mixes traduire and traduise

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

8 ch
traduire
8 ch
traduise

Visual trap between traduire and traduise

A purely visual mix-up. traduire (\tʁa.dɥiʁ\) and traduise (\tʁa.dɥiz\) 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 a single letter - r in “traduire” becomes s in “traduise”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traduire is recorded at frequency rank #5,711, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁa.dɥiʁ\. traduise is at rank #49,405, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁa.dɥiz\.

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 55116, this pair ranks #129,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of traduire vs traduise

Shared letters: adeirtu. Private to "traduire": -. Private to "traduise": s.

"traduire" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV  ·  "traduise" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traduire ← rtaduire · tarduire · tradduire · tradiure · traduier · traduirre · tradurie · traudire
  • traduise ← rtaduise · tarduise · tradduise · tradiuse · traduies · traduisse · tradusie · traudise

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "traduire" and "traduise" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\tʁa.dɥiʁ\ versus \tʁa.dɥiz\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "traduire" or "traduise"?
"traduire" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,711 in our French list, against #49,405 for "traduise". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "traduire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traduise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #129,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traduire" and "traduise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traduira vs traduise". 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 #129,568 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