Which to use
“connaissent” and “connaissons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,667
- “connaissent” frequency rank
- #8,977
- “connaissons” frequency rank
- 11644
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connaissent | connaissons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de connaître (ou connaitre). | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de connaître (ou connaitre). |
Where the eye mixes connaissent and connaissons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. connaissent and connaissons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: connaissent vs connaissons
A purely visual mix-up. connaissent (\kɔ.nɛs\) and connaissons (\kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connaissent is recorded at frequency rank #2,667, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.nɛs\. connaissons is at rank #8,977, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃\.
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 11644, this pair ranks #408,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of connaissent vs connaissons
Shared letters: acinos. Private to "connaissent": et. Private to "connaissons": -.
"connaissent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC · "connaissons" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- connaissent ← cconnaissent · cnonaissent · conaissent · conanissent · connaisent · connaisesnt · connaissennt · connaissentt
- connaissons ← cconnaissons · cnonaissons · conaissons · conanissons · connaisons · connaisosns · connaissnos · connaissonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "connaissent" and "connaissons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "connaissent" vs "connaissons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "connaissent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "connaissons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connaissent" and "connaissons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connaisses vs connaissons". 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 #408,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.