Which to use
“conférés” is a verb and “connexes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,945
- “conférés” frequency rank
- #18,967
- “connexes” frequency rank
- 63912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conférés | connexes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de conférer. | Pluriel de connexe. |
Where the eye mixes conférés and connexes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. conférés and connexes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: conférés vs connexes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conférés is \kɔ̃.fe.ʁe\ while connexes is \kɔ.nɛks\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conférés is recorded at frequency rank #44,945, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.fe.ʁe\. connexes is at rank #18,967, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.nɛks\.
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 63912, this pair ranks #79,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conférés vs connexes
Shared letters: cnos. Private to "conférés": fré. Private to "connexes": ex.
"conférés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "connexes" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- connexes ← cconnexes · cnonexes · conenxes · conexes · conneexs · connexess · connexse · connexxes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conférés" for "connexes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "conférés" or "connexes"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "conférés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "connexes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conférés" and "connexes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conférés vs congres". Nearby pair
- 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 #79,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.