Which to use
“connecter” and “connectés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,295
- “connecter” frequency rank
- #9,140
- “connectés” frequency rank
- 18435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connecter | connectés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Joindre ou attacher ensemble deux objets (machines, personne et macine ou serveur distant, concepts, etc.). | Participe passé masculin pluriel de connecter. |
Where the eye mixes connecter and connectés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. connecter and connectés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses connecter with connectés
A purely visual mix-up. connecter (\kɔ.nɛk.te\) and connectés (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connecter is recorded at frequency rank #9,295, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.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 18435, this pair ranks #378,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of connecter vs connectés
Shared letters: cenot. Private to "connecter": r. Private to "connectés": sé.
"connecter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "connectés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- connecter ← cconnecter · cnonecter · conecter · conencter · connceter · conneccter · connecetr · connecterr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "connecter" and "connectés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "connecter" vs "connectés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "connecter" and "connectés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "connecter" 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 #378,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connecter" and "connectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concocter vs connecter". 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 #378,334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.