connectvsconnectezConfusable pair

Which to use

“connect” and “connectez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,758
“connect” frequency rank
#39,234
“connectez” frequency rank
71992
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature connect connectez
Definition Relier, connecter. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de connecter.

Where the eye mixes connect and connectez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. connect runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against connectez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
connect
9 ch
connectez

Visual trap between connect and connectez

A purely visual mix-up. connect (\kəˈnɛkt\) and connectez (\ko.nɛk.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “connect” sits inside “connectez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

connect is recorded at frequency rank #32,758, classified as averb, pronounced \kəˈnɛkt\. connectez is at rank #39,234, tagged as averb, pronounced \ko.nɛk.te\.

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 71992, this pair ranks #45,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of connect vs connectez

Shared letters: cenot. Private to "connect": -. Private to "connectez": z.

"connect" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "connectez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • connect ← cconnect · cnonect · conect · conenct · conncet · connecct · connectt · connetc
  • connectez ← cconnectez · cnonectez · conectez · conenctez · conncetez · connecctez · connecetz · connectezz

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "connect" and "connectez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kəˈnɛkt\ versus \ko.nɛk.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "connect" vs "connectez" - which ranks higher?
"connect" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,758 in our French list, against #39,234 for "connectez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "connect" and "connectez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "connect" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "connectez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "connect" and "connectez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connectent vs connectez". 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 #45,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list