Which to use
“traduise” and “traduisent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,405
- “traduise” frequency rank
- #18,611
- “traduisent” frequency rank
- 68016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | traduise | traduisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de traduire. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de traduire. |
Same sound, different letters: traduise vs traduisent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. traduise runs 8 letters (CCVCVVCV) against traduisent's 10 (CCVCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - traduise / traduisent
This is the hard kind. traduise and traduisent are pronounced identically (\tʁa.dɥiz\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “traduise” sits inside “traduisent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
traduise is recorded at frequency rank #49,405, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁa.dɥiz\. traduisent is at rank #18,611, 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 68016, this pair ranks #60,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of traduise vs traduisent
Shared letters: adeirstu. Private to "traduise": -. Private to "traduisent": n.
"traduise" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV · "traduisent" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- traduise ← rtaduise · tarduise · tradduise · tradiuse · traduies · traduisse · tradusie · traudise
- traduisent ← rtaduisent · tarduisent · tradduisent · tradiusent · traduiesnt · traduisennt · traduisentt · traduisetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "traduise" for "traduisent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "traduise" or "traduisent" show up more?
Useful next steps
"traduise" and "traduisent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "traduise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "traduisent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "traduise" and "traduisent" 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 #60,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.