connaissent

\kɔ.nɛs\

/\kɔ.nɛs\/ verb

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“connaissent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,667
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de connaître (ou connaitre).

Corpus desk

Index FR-connaissent · connaissent · French

connaissent · rank #2,667 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,667
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clés

Nearest frequency peer: clés (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « connaissent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « connaissent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

connaissent vs connaissez
82% similar
connaissent vs connaisses
82% similar
connaissent vs connaissons
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for connaissent
PropertyValue
Headwordconnaissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.nɛs\
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,667
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « connaissent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).connaissentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « clés » (#2,666), « disque » (#2,668), « civil » (#2,665). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « connaissent » est au #2,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around connaissent (IPA \kɔ.nɛs\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,667 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for connaissent, with forms such as "cconnaissent", "cnonaissent", and "conaissent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "connaissez", "connaisses", "connaissons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is connaissent, spelled C-O-N-N-A-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de connaître (ou connaitre).
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de connaître (ou connaitre).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how connaissent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les landes siliceuses connaissent souvent une grande abondance de Fougères : au Pays basque la Fougère-aigle constitue d’importants pâturages qui rougeoient à l'automne.
  2. Issus de cités voisines, Kops et Jul se connaissent depuis l’adolescence et ont fait leurs gammes ensemble.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconnaissent
  • cnonaissent
  • conaissent
  • conanissent
  • connaisent
  • connaisesnt
  • connaissennt
  • connaissentt
  • connaissetn
  • connaissnet
  • connasisent
  • conniassent
  • ocnnaissent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of connaissent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cconnaissent1cnonaissent2conaissent1conanissent2connaisent1connaisesnt2connaissennt1connaissentt1
Edit distance from "connaissent"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "connaissent"?
"connaissent" is spelled C-O-N-N-A-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.nɛs\.
What does "connaissent" mean?
As a verb, "connaissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de connaître (ou connaitre).
What words are commonly confused with "connaissent"?
"connaissent" is commonly confused with "connaissez", "connaisses", "connaissons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "connaissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "connaissent" is \kɔ.nɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "connaissent" come from?
"connaissent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "connaissent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

expériences#2,674fabrication#2,675précisément#2,636partenaires#2,729

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

tentative13 variantsinterview13 variantsefficacité13 variantsorganiser13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list