# concern

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈsɝn/ · frequency rank #2,195

## Definitions
1. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
2. The placement of interest or worry on a subject.
3. A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.
4. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
5. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
6. Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).

## Easily confused with
- **confer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-confer)
- **concur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-concur)
- **concert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-concert)
- **convert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-convert)
- **condemn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-condemn)
- **concord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-concord)
- **Connery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-connery)
- **Conyers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-conyers)
- **concerns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-concerns)
- **concerto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-concerto)
- **concerned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concern-vs-concerned)
- **cancer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cancer-vs-concern)
- **concept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-concern)
- **conceal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-concern)
- **concede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concede-vs-concern)
- **conceit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceit-vs-concern)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cconcern`, `cnocern`, `cocnern`, `conccern`, `concenr`, `concernn`, `concerrn`, `concren`, `conecrn`, `conncern`, `ocncern`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/concern