Which to use
“connu” and “connus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #718
- “connu” frequency rank
- #2,914
- “connus” frequency rank
- 3632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connu | connus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dont on a connaissance. | Masculin pluriel de connu. |
Same sound, different letters: connu vs connus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - connu / connus
This is the hard kind. connu and connus are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ny\) and both work as anadjective. 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 extra letter(s) - “connu” sits inside “connus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connu is recorded at frequency rank #718, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ny\. connus is at rank #2,914, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ny\.
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 3632, this pair ranks #433,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of connu vs connus
Shared letters: cnou. Private to "connu": -. Private to "connus": s.
"connu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "connus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "connu" and "connus" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "connu" vs "connus" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "connu" / "connus". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "connu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "connus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connu" and "connus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs connu". 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 #433,562 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.