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Which to use

“condução” and “conjunção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,379
“condução” frequency rank
#23,948
“conjunção” frequency rank
31327
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condução conjunção
Definition ato ou efeito de conduzir palavra invariável que liga duas orações (proposições), ou termos semelhantes da mesma oração (conjunção coordenativa, que também se diz apenas coordenativa), ou liga uma oração principal a uma oração subordinativa/oração subordinada (conjunção subordinativa, que também se diz apenas subordinativa)

Where the eye mixes condução and conjunção

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. condução runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against conjunção's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
condução
9 ch
conjunção

Look-alike desk: condução vs conjunção

A purely visual mix-up. condução (/kõ.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and conjunção (/kõ.ʒũ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condução is recorded at frequency rank #7,379, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. conjunção is at rank #23,948, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ʒũ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.

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 31327, this pair ranks #36,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of condução vs conjunção

Shared letters: cnouãç. Private to "condução": d. Private to "conjunção": j.

"condução" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "conjunção" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "condução" and "conjunção" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/kõ.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /kõ.ʒũ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "condução" or "conjunção" show up more?
"condução" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,379 in our Portuguese list, against #23,948 for "conjunção". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "condução" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conjunção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condução" and "conjunção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjugação vs conjunção". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #36,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list