connectéevsconnectésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#13,141
“connectée” frequency rank
#9,140
“connectés” frequency rank
22281
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature connectée connectés
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de connecter. Participe passé masculin pluriel de connecter.

Same sound, different letters: connectée vs connectés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

9 ch
connectée
9 ch
connectés

Same sound, different spelling - connectée / connectés

This is the hard kind. connectée and connectés are pronounced identically (\ko.nɛk.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “connectée” becomes s in “connectés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

connectée is recorded at frequency rank #13,141, classified as averb, pronounced \ko.nɛk.te\. 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 22281, this pair ranks #358,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of connectée vs connectés

Shared letters: cenoté. Private to "connectée": -. Private to "connectés": s.

"connectée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV  ·  "connectés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "connectée" and "connectés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ko.nɛk.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "connectée" or "connectés"?
"connectés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,140 in our French list, against #13,141 for "connectée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"connectée" and "connectés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "connectée" 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 #358,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "connectée" and "connectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connectée vs contentée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #358,843 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