# concurrent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəŋˈkʌɹənt/ · frequency rank #15,136

## Definitions
1. Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
2. Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
3. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.
4. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
5. Meeting in one point.
6. Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
7. Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **concurrently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concurrent-vs-concurrently)
- **concurrency** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concurrency-vs-concurrent)
- **concurrence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concurrence-vs-concurrent)

## Common misspellings (14)
`cconcurrent`, `cnocurrent`, `cocnurrent`, `conccurrent`, `concrurent`, `concurent`, `concurernt`, `concurrennt`, `concurrentt`, `concurretn`, `concurrnet`, `conncurrent`, `conucrrent`, `ocncurrent`

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