interconnectvsinterconnectedWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: interconnect is a verb, interconnected is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“interconnect” is a verb and “interconnected” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,698
“interconnect” frequency rank
#20,969
“interconnected” frequency rank
62667
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interconnect interconnected
Definition To connect to one another. Intertwined; connected at multiple points or levels.

Letter map: interconnect vs interconnected

Shared letters muted; letters that set interconnect and interconnected apart highlighted. Shared run: 12.

12 ch
interconnect
14 ch
interconnected

Part-of-speech tell for interconnect / interconnected

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: interconnect is averb and interconnectedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “interconnect” sits inside “interconnected”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interconnect is recorded at frequency rank #41,698, classified as averb, pronounced /ˌɪn.tə.kəˈnɛkt/. interconnected is at rank #20,969, tagged as anadj.

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 62667, this pair ranks #87,197 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of interconnect vs interconnected

Shared letters: ceinort. Private to "interconnect": -. Private to "interconnected": d.

"interconnect" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCC  ·  "interconnected" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interconnectinetrconnect · innterconnect · intecronnect · intercconnect · intercnonect · interconect · interconenct · interconncet
  • interconnectedinetrconnected · innterconnected · intecronnected · intercconnected · intercnonected · interconected · interconencted · interconnceted

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "interconnect" for "interconnected" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "interconnect" is a verb and "interconnected" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "interconnect" vs "interconnected" - which ranks higher?
"interconnected" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,969 in our English list, against #41,698 for "interconnect". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "interconnect" and "interconnected".

  • Full dictionary entry for "interconnect" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interconnected" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,197 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #87,197 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list