connect
Definition, pronunciation, etymology, and usage for the English word. Free spelling reference powered by Wiktionary.
Letters
7 characters
Language
English
word origin
Source
Wiktionary
open dictionary
Access
Free
no sign-up needed
Detailed reference entry for the English word "connect", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "connect" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "connect" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
connect is aEnglishverb. It means: To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. Pronounced /kəˈnɛkt/. It ranks #3,746 in English word frequency. Often confused with conned and cornet.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | connect |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kəˈnɛkt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for connect is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kəˈnɛkt/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,746 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for connect, with forms such as "cconnect", "cnonect", and "conect". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "conned", "cornet", "content", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) + nectere (“bind”), wh… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is connect, spelled C-O-N-N-E-C-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
- 2To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
- 3To arrive at an intended target; to land.
- 4To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
- 5To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
- 6To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
- 7To associate; to establish a relation between.
- 8To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) + nectere (“bind”), which is cognate with English knot and English knit.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconnect,cnonect,conect,conenct,conncet,connecct,connectt,connetc,ocnnect
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for connect
Misspelling Variants of "connect"
Frequency rank: #3,746 in English
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "connect"?
What does "connect" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "connect"?
How do you pronounce "connect"?
What is the origin of the word "connect"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Nearby English words
Other entries that begin with the letter C in our English index: