Which to use
“connectées” and “connecter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,273
- “connectées” frequency rank
- #9,295
- “connecter” frequency rank
- 30568
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connectées | connecter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de connecter. | Joindre ou attacher ensemble deux objets (machines, personne et macine ou serveur distant, concepts, etc.). |
Where the eye mixes connectées and connecter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. connectées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against connecter's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between connectées and connecter
A purely visual mix-up. connectées (\ko.nɛk.te\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30568, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connectées is recorded at frequency rank #21,273, classified as averb, pronounced \ko.nɛk.te\. 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 30568, this pair ranks #309,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of connectées vs connecter
Shared letters: cenot. Private to "connectées": sé. Private to "connecter": r.
"connectées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "connecter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- connecter ← cconnecter · cnonecter · conecter · conencter · connceter · conneccter · connecetr · connecterr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "connectées" and "connecter" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "connectées" vs "connecter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "connectées" 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 #309,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connectées" and "connecter" 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 #309,432 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.