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

#2,971
“traduit” frequency rank
#14,814
“traduite” frequency rank
17785
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traduit traduite
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de traduire. Participe passé féminin singulier de traduire.

Where the eye mixes traduit and traduite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. traduit runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against traduite's 8 (CCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
traduit
8 ch
traduite

Look-alike desk: traduit vs traduite

A purely visual mix-up. traduit (\tʁa.dɥi\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “traduit” sits inside “traduite”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traduit is recorded at frequency rank #2,971, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁa.dɥi\. 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 17785, this pair ranks #381,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of traduit vs traduite

Shared letters: adirtu. Private to "traduit": -. Private to "traduite": e.

"traduit" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC  ·  "traduite" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traduit ← rtaduit · tarduit · tradduit · tradiut · traduitt · traduti · traudit · trdauit
  • traduite ← rtaduite · tarduite · tradduite · tradiute · traduiet · traduitte · tradutie · traudite

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "traduit" and "traduite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\tʁa.dɥi\ versus \tʁa.dɥit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "traduit" or "traduite"?
"traduit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,971 in our French list, against #14,814 for "traduite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "traduit" 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 #381,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traduit" and "traduite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traduise vs traduite". 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 #381,504 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