concessionaire
/kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛɹ/
"concessionaire" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“concessionaire” is uncommon English (frequency #88,225 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,225
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - one who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business
Corpus desk
Index EN-concessionaire · concessionaire · English
concessionaire · rank #88,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,225
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH compere
Nearest frequency peer: compere (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “concessionaire”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- coinsurance
coinsurance
11,781 corpus weight
- communistic
communistic
11,779 corpus weight
- compere
compere
11,777 corpus weight
- concessiona…
concessionaire
11,776 corpus weight
- conditional…
conditionality
11,775 corpus weight
- corregidor
corregidor
11,772 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “concessionaire” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “concessionaire” in English
Rare enough to double-check
concessionaire is uncommon English at frequency #88,225 among 5,599 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how concessionaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1920, Frederick Spencer Hamilton, The Days Before Yesterday From 1830 to 1871 there were public gaming-tables in Heligoland, and the Concessionaire paid such a high price for his permit that the colonial finances were in the most flourishing condition.
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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