connectevsconnectéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#16,842
“connecte” frequency rank
#21,273
“connectées” frequency rank
38115
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature connecte connectées
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de connecter. Participe passé féminin pluriel de connecter.

Where the eye mixes connecte and connectées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
connecte
10 ch
connectées

Why the eye confuses connecte with connectées

A purely visual mix-up. connecte (\ko.nɛkt\) and connectées (\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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38115, 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\. connectées is at rank #21,273, 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 38115, this pair ranks #257,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of connecte vs connectées

Shared letters: cenot. Private to "connecte": -. Private to "connectées": .

"connecte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "connectées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • connectecconnecte · cnonecte · conecte · conencte · conncete · conneccte · connecet · connectte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "connecte" and "connectées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ko.nɛkt\ versus \ko.nɛk.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "connecte" vs "connectées" - which ranks higher?
"connecte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,842 in our French list, against #21,273 for "connectées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "connectées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #257,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "connecte" and "connectées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connectées vs connectent". 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 #257,561 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