connectevsconnectezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#16,842
“connecte” frequency rank
#39,234
“connectez” frequency rank
56076
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature connecte connectez
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de connecter. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de connecter.

Where the eye mixes connecte and connectez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. connecte runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against connectez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
connecte
9 ch
connectez

Why the eye confuses connecte with connectez

A purely visual mix-up. connecte (\ko.nɛkt\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “connecte” sits inside “connectez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56076, 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\. 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 56076, this pair ranks #123,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of connecte vs connectez

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • connecte ← cconnecte · cnonecte · conecte · conencte · conncete · conneccte · connecet · connectte
  • connectez ← cconnectez · cnonectez · conectez · conenctez · conncetez · connecctez · connecetz · connectezz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "connecte" for "connectez" ever safe?
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 "connectez" show up more?
"connecte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,842 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 "connecte" and "connectez" 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 "connectez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "connecte" 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 #123,393 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