Which to use
“connecte” and “connecter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,842
- “connecte” frequency rank
- #9,295
- “connecter” frequency rank
- 26137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connecte | connecter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de connecter. | Joindre ou attacher ensemble deux objets (machines, personne et macine ou serveur distant, concepts, etc.). |
Where the eye mixes connecte and connecter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. connecte runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against connecter's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between connecte and connecter
A purely visual mix-up. connecte (\ko.nɛkt\) and connecter (\kɔ.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 extra letter(s) - “connecte” sits inside “connecter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26137, 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\. connecter is at rank #9,295, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.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 26137, this pair ranks #336,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of connecte vs connecter
Shared letters: cenot. Private to "connecte": -. Private to "connecter": r.
"connecte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "connecter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "connecte" and "connecter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "connecte" vs "connecter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "connecte" and "connecter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "connecte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "connecter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connecte" and "connecter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connecte 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 #336,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.