Which to use
“connectées” and “connectés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,273
- “connectées” frequency rank
- #9,140
- “connectés” frequency rank
- 30413
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connectées | connectés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de connecter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de connecter. |
Same sound, different letters: connectées vs connectés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. connectées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against connectés's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: connectées vs connectés
This is the hard kind. connectées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30413, 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\. 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 30413, this pair ranks #310,494 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of connectées vs connectés
Shared letters: cenosté. Private to "connectées": -. Private to "connectés": -.
"connectées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "connectés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "connectées" for "connectés" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "connectées" 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 #310,494 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connectées" and "connectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connectées vs connectent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #310,494 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.