connectevsconnectésTell them apart

Which to use

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

#16,842
“connecte” frequency rank
#9,140
“connectés” frequency rank
25982
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes connecte and connectés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
connecte
9 ch
connectés

Why the eye confuses connecte with connectés

A purely visual mix-up. connecte (\ko.nɛkt\) and connectés (\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 25982, 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\. connectés is at rank #9,140, 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 25982, this pair ranks #337,762 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of connecte vs connectés

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

"connecte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "connectés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "connecte" and "connectés" 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.
In ordinary French text, does "connecte" or "connectés" show up more?
"connectés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,140 in our French list, against #16,842 for "connecte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "connecte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "connectés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #337,762 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "connecte" and "connectés" 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 #337,762 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