concentrer

\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\

/\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“concentrer” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,738. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,738
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réunir en un centre ce qui est dispersé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concentrer · concentrer · French

concentrer · rank #4,738 · 16 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,738
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH combinaison

Nearest frequency peer: combinaison (-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 « concentrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « concentrer » 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).

concentrer vs contenter
80% similar
concentrer vs concentrez
90% similar
concentrer vs concentre
90% similar

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

Key facts for concentrer
PropertyValue
Headwordconcentrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,738
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concentrer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.concentrerse 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 « combinaison » (#4,737), « connaissais » (#4,739), « collections » (#4,736). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concentrer » est au #4,738. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around concentrer (IPA \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,738 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for concentrer, with forms such as "cconcentrer", "cnocentrer", and "cocnentrer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "contenter", "concentrez", "concentre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is concentrer, spelled C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réunir en un centre ce qui est dispersé.
  2. 2
    Réunir ; rassembler.
  3. 3
    Réduire, condenser un liquide, diminuer la quantité d’eau qu’il contient.
  4. 4
    Contenir, dissimuler.
  5. 5
    Faire abstraction de ce qui est autour et qui peut distraire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous avons fait usage du fourneau ordinaire de fondeurs, avec cette différence que ce fourneau étoit recouvert d’un dôme en terre cuite pour concentrer la chaleur.
  2. Soutenus dans le ciel par les avions de la coalition (qui, à partir de la fin septembre, avaient concentré quasiment tous leurs efforts sur Kobané), ultra-déterminés, ultra-organisés, renforcés par leurs bataillons féminins d’une redoutable efficacité, les YPG reconquirent, mètre après mètre, la moitié de la ville que les djihadistes leur avaient prise, a…

Antonyms

décentrerdéconcentrer

This word in other languages

concentrate(English)konzentrieren(Deutsch)concentrar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconcentrer
  • cnocentrer
  • cocnentrer
  • conccentrer
  • concenntrer
  • concenrter
  • concenterr
  • concentrerr
  • concentrre
  • concentrrer
  • concenttrer
  • concetnrer
  • concnetrer
  • conecntrer
  • conncentrer
  • ocncentrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concentrer - 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.

cconcentrer1cnocentrer2cocnentrer2conccentrer1concenntrer1concenrter2concenterr2concentrerr1
Edit distance from "concentrer"

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 "concentrer"?
"concentrer" is spelled C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\.
What does "concentrer" mean?
As a verb, "concentrer" means: Réunir en un centre ce qui est dispersé.
What words are commonly confused with "concentrer"?
"concentrer" is commonly confused with "contenter", "concentrez", "concentre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concentrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concentrer" is \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concentrer" come from?
"concentrer" 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 "concentrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

combinaison16 variantssmartphone16 variantsspectacles16 variantscélibataire16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list