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Which to use

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

#49,405
“traduise” frequency rank
#14,814
“traduite” frequency rank
64219
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traduise traduite
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de traduire. Participe passé féminin singulier de traduire.

Where the eye mixes traduise and traduite

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

8 ch
traduise
8 ch
traduite

Visual trap between traduise and traduite

A purely visual mix-up. traduise (\tʁa.dɥiz\) and traduite (\tʁa.dɥit\) 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 - s in “traduise” becomes t in “traduite”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64219, 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\. traduite is at rank #14,814, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁa.dɥit\.

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 64219, this pair ranks #78,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of traduise vs traduite

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

"traduise" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV  ·  "traduite" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traduise ← rtaduise · tarduise · tradduise · tradiuse · traduies · traduisse · tradusie · traudise
  • traduite ← rtaduite · tarduite · tradduite · tradiute · traduiet · traduitte · tradutie · traudite

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "traduise" and "traduite" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\tʁa.dɥiz\ versus \tʁa.dɥit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "traduise" vs "traduite" - which ranks higher?
"traduite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,814 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "traduise" and "traduite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "traduise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traduite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #78,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traduise" and "traduite" 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 #78,099 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