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concurrent

UK /kəŋˈkʌɹənt/adjective, noun

concurrent is spelled C-O-N-C-U-R-R-E-N-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, concurrent means “Happening at the same time; simultaneous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in concurrent?

Letters10: C-O-N-C-U-R-R-E-N-T
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is concurrent?

Concurrent appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce concurrent?

  • UK /kəŋˈkʌɹənt/
  • UK /kɒŋˈkʌɹənt/
  • /kəŋˈkʌɹənt/

Concurrent has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-concurrent.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with concurrent?

4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as concurrent from its last stressed vowel (/ʌɹənt/, British pronunciation):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of concurrent

  • more concurrent comparative
  • most concurrent superlative
  • concurrents plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does concurrent mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Happening at the same time; simultaneous.

  2. 2

    Belonging to the same period; contemporary.

  3. 3

    Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.

  4. 4

    Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.

    the concurrent jurisdiction of courts

  5. 5

    Meeting in one point.

  6. 6

    Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.

  7. 7

    Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.

noun

  1. 1

    One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

  2. 2

    One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.

  3. 3

    One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.

  4. 4

    One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Concurrent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchconcomitant, simultané (happening at the same time; simultaneous), contemporain (belonging to the same period; contemporary), parallèle (involving more than one thread of computation)
Germangleichzeitig (happening at the same time; simultaneous), zeitgenössisch (belonging to the same period; contemporary), parallel (involving more than one thread of computation)
Portugueseconcomitante, simultâneo (happening at the same time; simultaneous), corrente, contemporâneo (belonging to the same period; contemporary), concorrente, paralelo (involving more than one thread of computation)
Spanishsimultáneo, concurrente (happening at the same time; simultaneous), contemporáneo (belonging to the same period; contemporary)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does concurrent come from?

From Middle English concurrent, from Old French concurrent, from Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō (“happen at the same time”), from con- (“with”) + currō (“run”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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