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“concurre” and “concurrir” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,670
“concurre” frequency rank
#23,722
“concurrir” frequency rank
71392
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concurre concurrir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de concurrir. Hacerse presente algo o alguien en un lugar y tiempo en que otros también lo hacen.

Where the eye mixes concurre and concurrir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. concurre runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against concurrir's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
concurre
9 ch
concurrir

Look-alike desk: concurre vs concurrir

A purely visual mix-up. concurre ([kõŋˈkure]) and concurrir ([kõŋkuˈriɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concurre is recorded at frequency rank #47,670, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈkure]. concurrir is at rank #23,722, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋkuˈriɾ].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 71392, this pair ranks #27,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of concurre vs concurrir

Shared letters: cnoru. Private to "concurre": e. Private to "concurrir": i.

"concurre" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "concurrir" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concurre ← cconcurre · cnocurre · cocnurre · conccurre · concrure · concure · concurer · conncurre
  • concurrir ← cconcurrir · cnocurrir · cocnurrir · conccurrir · concrurir · concurir · concurirr · concurrirr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concurre" and "concurrir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈkure] versus [kõŋkuˈriɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "concurre" or "concurrir" show up more?
"concurrir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,722 in our Spanish list, against #47,670 for "concurre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "concurre" and "concurrir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concurre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concurrir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concurre" and "concurrir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concurre vs concurren". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #27,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list