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

#14,814
“traduite” frequency rank
#14,815
“traduits” frequency rank
29629
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traduite traduits
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de traduire. Participe passé masculin pluriel de traduire.

Where the eye mixes traduite and traduits

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. traduite (CCVCVVCV) and traduits (CCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
traduite
8 ch
traduits

Look-alike desk: traduite vs traduits

A purely visual mix-up. traduite (\tʁa.dɥit\) and traduits (\tʁa.dɥi\) 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 - e in “traduite” becomes s in “traduits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29629, 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\. traduits is at rank #14,815, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁa.dɥi\.

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 29629, this pair ranks #315,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of traduite vs traduits

Shared letters: adirtu. Private to "traduite": e. Private to "traduits": s.

"traduite" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV  ·  "traduits" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traduite ← rtaduite · tarduite · tradduite · tradiute · traduiet · traduitte · tradutie · traudite
  • traduits ← rtaduits · tarduits · tradduits · tradiuts · traduist · traduitss · traduitts · tradutis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "traduite" and "traduits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\tʁa.dɥit\ versus \tʁa.dɥi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "traduite" or "traduits"?
"traduite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,814 in our French list, against #14,815 for "traduits". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "traduite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traduits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #315,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traduite" and "traduits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traduise vs traduits". 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 #315,474 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