Which to use
“connectées” is a verb and “connecteurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,273
- “connectées” frequency rank
- #42,238
- “connecteurs” frequency rank
- 63511
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connectées | connecteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de connecter. | Masculin pluriel de connecteur. |
Where the eye mixes connectées and connecteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. connectées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against connecteurs's 11 (CVCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: connectées vs connecteurs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: connectées is \ko.nɛk.te\ while connecteurs is \kɔ.nɛk.tœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63511, 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\. connecteurs is at rank #42,238, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.nɛk.tœʁ\.
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 63511, this pair ranks #81,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of connectées vs connecteurs
Shared letters: cenost. Private to "connectées": é. Private to "connecteurs": ru.
"connectées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "connecteurs" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- connecteurs ← cconnecteurs · cnonecteurs · conecteurs · conencteurs · connceteurs · conneccteurs · conneceturs · connecterus
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "connectées" and "connecteurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "connectées" or "connecteurs"?
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 "connecteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connectées" and "connecteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connecteurs vs correcteurs". 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 #81,598 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.