concentration

\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“concentration” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,669
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de regrouper en un point ou une zone ce qui était dispersé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concentration · concentration · French

concentration · rank #3,669 · 20 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,669
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH communiste

Nearest frequency peer: communiste (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « concentration »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « concentration » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

concentration vs concertation
85% similar
concentration vs concentrations
93% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for concentration
PropertyValue
Headwordconcentration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#3,669
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concentration »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).concentrationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « communiste » (#3,668), « connaissez » (#3,670), « clinique » (#3,667). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concentration » est au #3,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around concentration (IPA \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,669 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for concentration, with forms such as "cconcentration", "cnocentration", and "cocnentration". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "concertation", "concentrations", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is concentration, spelled C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de regrouper en un point ou une zone ce qui était dispersé.
  2. 2
    Quantité relative d'une substance par rapport à un milieu.
  3. 3
    Présence d'un grand nombre de choses ou de personnes apparentées dans une zone restreinte.
  4. 4
    Action de faire porter la pensée sur une idée ou une action précise, de façon spontanée ou moyennant un effort particulier.
  5. 5
    Action de concentrer des forces productives, agrandissement des entreprises par la réunion de plusieurs d'entre elles par voie de fusion ou de regroupement d'établissements différents d'une même société permettant ainsi la réduction des frais généraux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how concentration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La concentration de la chaleur.
  2. La concentration des rayons solaires au foyer d’une lentille.

This word in other languages

concentration(English)Konzentration(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconcentration
  • cnocentration
  • cocnentration
  • conccentration
  • concenntration
  • concenrtation
  • concentartion
  • concentraiton
  • concentratino
  • concentrationn
  • concentratoin
  • concentrattion
  • concentrration
  • concentrtaion
  • concenttration
  • concetnration
  • concnetration
  • conecntration
  • conncentration
  • ocncentration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concentration - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconcentration1cnocentration2cocnentration2conccentration1concenntration1concenrtation2concentartion2concentraiton2
Edit distance from "concentration"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "concentration"?
"concentration" is spelled C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "concentration" mean?
As a noun, "concentration" means: Action de regrouper en un point ou une zone ce qui était dispersé.
What words are commonly confused with "concentration"?
"concentration" is commonly confused with "concertation", "concentrations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concentration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concentration" is \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concentration" come from?
"concentration" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "concentration", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

indispensable#3,618correspondant#3,602exclusivement#3,843gouvernements#3,459

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

internationaux20 variantsdépartements20 variantspersonnellement20 variantssupplémentaire20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list