Which to use
“connecter” and “connectez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,295
- “connecter” frequency rank
- #39,234
- “connectez” frequency rank
- 48529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connecter | connectez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Joindre ou attacher ensemble deux objets (machines, personne et macine ou serveur distant, concepts, etc.). | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de connecter. |
Where the eye mixes connecter and connectez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. connecter and connectez 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 connectez
A purely visual mix-up. connecter (\kɔ.nɛk.te\) and connectez (\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 differ by a single letter - r in “connecter” becomes z in “connectez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48529, 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\. connectez is at rank #39,234, 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 48529, this pair ranks #178,198 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of connecter vs connectez
Shared letters: cenot. Private to "connecter": r. Private to "connectez": z.
"connecter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "connectez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "connecter" and "connectez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "connecter" or "connectez" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "connecter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "connectez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,198 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connecter" and "connectez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connectent vs connectez". 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 #178,198 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.