connaisses

\kɔ.nɛs\

/\kɔ.nɛs\/ verb

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

The verdict

“connaisses” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,804. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,804
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de connaître (ou connaitre).

Corpus desk

Index FR-connaisses · connaisses · French

connaisses · rank #42,804 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,804
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH confine

Nearest frequency peer: confine (-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 « connaisses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « connaisses » 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).

connaisses vs connasse
80% similar
connaisses vs connaissez
90% similar
connaisses vs connaissons
82% similar

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

Key facts for connaisses
PropertyValue
Headwordconnaisses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.nɛs\
Letters10
Frequency rank#42,804
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « connaisses »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.connaissesse 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 « confine » (#42,803), « consciencieusement » (#42,805), « configuré » (#42,802). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « connaisses » est au #42,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around connaisses (IPA \kɔ.nɛs\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,804 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de connaître (ou connaitre).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for connaisses, with forms such as "cconnaisses", "cnonaisses", and "conaisses". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "connasse", "connaissez", "connaissons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is connaisses, spelled C-O-N-N-A-I-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de connaître (ou connaitre).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconnaisses
  • cnonaisses
  • conaisses
  • conanisses
  • connaisess
  • connaissess
  • connaissse
  • connasises
  • conniasses
  • ocnnaisses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of connaisses - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconnaisses1cnonaisses2conaisses1conanisses2connaisess2connaissess1connaissse2connasises2
Edit distance from "connaisses"

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 "connaisses"?
"connaisses" is spelled C-O-N-N-A-I-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.nɛs\.
What does "connaisses" mean?
As a verb, "connaisses" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de connaître (ou connaitre).
What words are commonly confused with "connaisses"?
"connaisses" is commonly confused with "connasse", "connaissez", "connaissons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "connaisses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "connaisses" is \kɔ.nɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "connaisses" come from?
"connaisses" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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 "connaisses", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

confidente#42,801cueilleurs#42,811chaumières#42,792despotisme#42,821

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

confine10 variantscomparu10 variantsbâches10 variantsdifférée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list