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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.

8 ch
traduise
10 ch
traduisent

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\tʁa.dɥiz\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "traduise" or "traduisent" show up more?
"traduisent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,611 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

"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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list