traduitevstraduitesWhat's the difference?

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

#14,814
“traduite” frequency rank
#22,443
“traduites” frequency rank
37257
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traduite traduites
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de traduire. Participe passé féminin pluriel de traduire.

Same sound, different letters: traduite vs traduites

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. traduite runs 8 letters (CCVCVVCV) against traduites's 9 (CCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
traduite
9 ch
traduites

Homophone desk: traduite vs traduites

This is the hard kind. traduite and traduites are pronounced identically (\tʁa.dɥit\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “traduite” sits inside “traduites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traduite is recorded at frequency rank #14,814, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁa.dɥit\. traduites is at rank #22,443, 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 37257, this pair ranks #263,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of traduite vs traduites

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

"traduite" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV  ·  "traduites" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traduite ← rtaduite · tarduite · tradduite · tradiute · traduiet · traduitte · tradutie · traudite
  • traduites ← rtaduites · tarduites · tradduites · tradiutes · traduiets · traduitess · traduitse · traduittes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "traduite" and "traduites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\tʁa.dɥit\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "traduite" or "traduites"?
"traduite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,814 in our French list, against #22,443 for "traduites". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "traduite" / "traduites". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "traduite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traduites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #263,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traduite" and "traduites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traduise vs traduites". 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 #263,765 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