Which to use
“connecte” and “connectée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,842
- “connecte” frequency rank
- #13,141
- “connectée” frequency rank
- 29983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connecte | connectée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de connecter. | Participe passé féminin singulier de connecter. |
Where the eye mixes connecte and connectée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: connecte vs connectée
A purely visual mix-up. connecte (\ko.nɛkt\) and connectée (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connecte is recorded at frequency rank #16,842, classified as averb, pronounced \ko.nɛkt\. connectée is at rank #13,141, 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 29983, this pair ranks #313,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of connecte vs connectée
Shared letters: cenot. Private to "connecte": -. Private to "connectée": é.
"connecte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "connectée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- connecte ← cconnecte · cnonecte · conecte · conencte · conncete · conneccte · connecet · connectte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "connecte" for "connectée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "connecte" vs "connectée" - 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 "connecte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "connectée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connecte" and "connectée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connectée vs contentée". 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 #313,220 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.