Which to use
“connaisse” and “connaisses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,975
- “connaisse” frequency rank
- #42,804
- “connaisses” frequency rank
- 52779
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connaisse | connaisses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de connaître (ou connaitre). | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de connaître (ou connaitre). |
Same sound, different letters: connaisse vs connaisses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. connaisse runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against connaisses's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: connaisse vs connaisses
This is the hard kind. connaisse and connaisses are pronounced identically (\kɔ.nɛs\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “connaisse” sits inside “connaisses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connaisse is recorded at frequency rank #9,975, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.nɛs\. connaisses is at rank #42,804, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.nɛs\.
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 52779, this pair ranks #145,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of connaisse vs connaisses
Shared letters: aceinos. Private to "connaisse": -. Private to "connaisses": -.
"connaisse" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "connaisses" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- connaisse ← cconnaisse · cnonaisse · conaisse · conanisse · connaise · connaises · connasise · conniasse
- connaisses ← cconnaisses · cnonaisses · conaisses · conanisses · connaisess · connaissess · connaissse · connasises
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "connaisse" for "connaisses" ever safe?
Which is more common, "connaisse" or "connaisses"?
What to do next
"connaisse" and "connaisses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "connaisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "connaisses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connaisse" and "connaisses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connaisses vs connaissiez". 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 #145,360 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.