concessionaire
/kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛɹ/
"concessionaire" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“concessionaire” is uncommon English (frequency #88,225 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,225
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - one who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concessionaire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛɹ/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #88,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “concessionaire” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
concessionaire is uncommon English at frequency #88,225 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for concessionaire in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French concessionnaire. The correct English form is concessionaire, spelled C-O-N-C-E-S-S-I-O-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1one who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business
- 2someone who runs a concessions stand typically selling food and drinks
Etymology
Borrowed from French concessionnaire.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “concessionaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-C-E-S-S-I-O-N-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.