Which to use
“connection” and “connexions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,788
- “connection” frequency rank
- #13,997
- “connexions” frequency rank
- 33785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connection | connexions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de connexion. | Pluriel de connexion. |
Same sound, different letters: connection vs connexions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. connection (CVCCVCCVVC) and connexions (CVCCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: connection vs connexions
This is the hard kind. connection and connexions 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 share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33785, 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\. connexions is at rank #13,997, 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 33785, this pair ranks #288,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of connection vs connexions
Shared letters: ceino. Private to "connection": t. Private to "connexions": sx.
"connection" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "connexions" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- connection ← cconnection · cnonection · conection · conenction · conncetion · connecction · conneciton · connectino
- connexions ← cconnexions · cnonexions · conenxions · conexions · conneixons · connexinos · connexionns · connexionss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "connection" for "connexions" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "connection" / "connexions". 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 "connexions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connection" and "connexions" 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 #288,300 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.