déconnectervsdéconnectésConfusable pair

Which to use

“déconnecter” and “déconnectés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,923
“déconnecter” frequency rank
#38,763
“déconnectés” frequency rank
67686
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déconnecter déconnectés
Definition Couper la connexion, le lien entre deux éléments. Participe passé masculin pluriel de déconnecter.

Same sound, different letters: déconnecter vs déconnectés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. déconnecter and déconnectés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
déconnecter
11 ch
déconnectés

Homophone desk: déconnecter vs déconnectés

This is the hard kind. déconnecter and déconnectés are pronounced identically (\de.kɔ.nɛk.te\) and both work as averb. 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déconnecter is recorded at frequency rank #28,923, classified as averb, pronounced \de.kɔ.nɛk.te\. déconnectés is at rank #38,763, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.kɔ.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 67686, this pair ranks #62,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of déconnecter vs déconnectés

Shared letters: cdenoté. Private to "déconnecter": r. Private to "déconnectés": s.

"déconnecter" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC  ·  "déconnectés" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déconnecter" and "déconnectés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\de.kɔ.nɛk.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "déconnecter" vs "déconnectés" - which ranks higher?
"déconnecter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,923 in our French list, against #38,763 for "déconnectés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "déconnecter" / "déconnectés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déconnecter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "déconnectés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déconnecter" and "déconnectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déconnecte vs déconnectés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #62,322 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list