concerning
\kənˈsɜː.nɪŋ\
The verdict
“concerning” is uncommon French (frequency #81,017 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,017
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - préoccupant, inquiétant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-concerning · concerning · French
concerning · rank #81,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,017
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH conasse
Nearest frequency peer: conasse (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « concerning »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- comptabilis…
comptabilisant
18,987 corpus weight
- computers
computers
18,986 corpus weight
- conasse
conasse
18,985 corpus weight
- concerning
concerning
18,984 corpus weight
- conformé
conformé
18,983 corpus weight
- conféra
conféra
18,982 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « concerning » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concerning |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kənˈsɜː.nɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « concerning » en français
Rare enough to double-check
concerning is uncommon French at frequency #81,017 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kənˈsɜː.nɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "préoccupant, inquiétant.".
concerning doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is concerning, spelled C-O-N-C-E-R-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1préoccupant, inquiétant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how concerning appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That’s concerning.
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.
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