Which to use
“connection” and “connexion” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,788
- “connection” frequency rank
- #5,018
- “connexion” frequency rank
- 24806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connection | connexion |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de connexion. | Lien, rapport entre deux entités. Fait d’être connexe. |
Same sound, different letters: connection vs connexion
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. connection runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against connexion's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - connection / connexion
This is the hard kind. connection and connexion are pronounced identically (\kɔ.nɛ.ksjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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 24806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connection is recorded at frequency rank #19,788, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.nɛ.ksjɔ̃\. connexion is at rank #5,018, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.nɛk.sjɔ̃\.
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 24806, this pair ranks #344,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of connection vs connexion
Shared letters: ceino. Private to "connection": t. Private to "connexion": x.
"connection" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "connexion" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- connection ← cconnection · cnonection · conection · conenction · conncetion · connecction · conneciton · connectino
- connexion ← cconnexion · cnonexion · conenxion · conexion · conneixon · connexino · connexionn · connexoin
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "connection" and "connexion" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "connection" vs "connexion" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "connection" / "connexion". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "connection" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "connexion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connection" and "connexion" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "connection vs convection". 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 #344,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.