concerner

\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\

/\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“concerner” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,787. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,787
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toucher, intéresser sous tel ou tel rapport en parlant des choses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concerner · concerner · French

concerner · rank #19,787 · 14 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,787
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compartiments

Nearest frequency peer: compartiments (-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 « concerner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « concerner » 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).

concerner vs conférer
67% similar
concerner vs concerté
67% similar
concerner vs conserver
78% similar

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

Key facts for concerner
PropertyValue
Headwordconcerner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,787
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concerner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.concernerse 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 « compartiments » (#19,786), « connection » (#19,788), « considérez » (#19,789). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concerner » est au #19,787. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around concerner (IPA \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,787 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Toucher, intéresser sous tel ou tel rapport en parlant des choses.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for concerner, with forms such as "cconcerner", "cnocerner", and "cocnerner". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "conférer", "concerté", "conserver", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is concerner, spelled C-O-N-C-E-R-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toucher, intéresser sous tel ou tel rapport en parlant des choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En quoi leur vécu stylisé et codé par les normes du genre opératique, leurs émotions transmises par le biais de lois musicales et scéniques, ont-ils le pouvoir de concerner non seulement les générations passées mais aussi celles de demain ?
  2. Ensuite c'est à chacun de voir en quoi cela l'intéresse, le concerne, lui parle. Il n'y a strictement aucune prétention comminatoire du genre : si vous ne passez pas par là, vous êtes fichu.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconcerner
  • cnocerner
  • cocnerner
  • conccerner
  • concenrer
  • concerenr
  • concernerr
  • concernner
  • concernre
  • concerrner
  • concrener
  • conecrner
  • conncerner
  • ocncerner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concerner - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cconcerner1cnocerner2cocnerner2conccerner1concenrer2concerenr2concernerr1concernner1
Edit distance from "concerner"

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 "concerner"?
"concerner" is spelled C-O-N-C-E-R-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\.
What does "concerner" mean?
As a verb, "concerner" means: Toucher, intéresser sous tel ou tel rapport en parlant des choses.
What words are commonly confused with "concerner"?
"concerner" is commonly confused with "conférer", "concerté", "conserver". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concerner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concerner" is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concerner" come from?
"concerner" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list