concession
\kɔ̃.sɛ.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“concession” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,039 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,039
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de concéder quelque jouissance, quelque droit.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concession |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.sɛ.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,039 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “concession” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for concession is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.sɛ.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,039 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for concession, with forms such as "cconcession", "cnocession", and "cocnession". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "conclusion", "conversion", "confession", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is concession, spelled C-O-N-C-E-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de concéder quelque jouissance, quelque droit.
- 2Ce qui est concédé, terre que l’État donne aux particuliers dans une nouvelle colonie, à condition de les mettre en valeur.
- 3Droit d’exploiter un bien public sur une durée de temps.
- 4Ensemble familial d’habitations, comprenant un terrain.
- 5Place dans un cimetière.
- 6Ce que l’on concède à quelqu’un dans une contestation, dans un débat.
- 7Figure de rhétorique par laquelle on accorde à son adversaire ce qu’on pourrait lui disputer.
- 8Reconnaissance, acceptation d’un fait qui devrait empêcher la réalisation d’un autre fait, mais qui cependant ne l’empêche pas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconcession,cnocession,cocnession,conccession,concesion,concesison,concessino,concessionn,concessoin,concsesion,conecssion,conncession,ocncession
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concession - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “concession”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-C-E-S-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.sɛ.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “conclusion” - see the side-by-side comparison. concession vs conclusion
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.