Which to use
“traduis” and “traduit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,624
- “traduis” frequency rank
- #2,971
- “traduit” frequency rank
- 35595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | traduis | traduit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de traduire. | Participe passé masculin singulier de traduire. |
Same sound, different letters: traduis vs traduit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - traduis and traduit
This is the hard kind. traduis and traduit are pronounced identically (\tʁa.dɥi\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “traduis” becomes t in “traduit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
traduis is recorded at frequency rank #32,624, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁa.dɥi\. traduit is at rank #2,971, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁa.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 35595, this pair ranks #275,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of traduis vs traduit
Shared letters: adirtu. Private to "traduis": s. Private to "traduit": -.
"traduis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "traduit" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "traduis" for "traduit" ever safe?
Frequency check: "traduis" vs "traduit" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "traduis" / "traduit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "traduis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "traduit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "traduis" and "traduit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traduis 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 #275,588 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.