concierge

\kɔ̃.sjɛʁʒ\

/\kɔ̃.sjɛʁʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“concierge” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,326. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,326
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui, celle qui a la garde d’un immeuble.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concierge · concierge · French

concierge · rank #16,326 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,326
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coming

Nearest frequency peer: coming (-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 « concierge »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « concierge » 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).

concierge vs concerne
78% similar
concierge vs concerté
67% similar

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

Key facts for concierge
PropertyValue
Headwordconcierge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.sjɛʁʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,326
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concierge »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).conciergese 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 « coming » (#16,325), « conclus » (#16,327), « combinée » (#16,324). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concierge » est au #16,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around concierge (IPA \kɔ̃.sjɛʁʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,326 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for concierge, with forms such as "cconcierge", "cnocierge", and "cocnierge". 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, "concerne", "concerté", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is concierge, spelled C-O-N-C-I-E-R-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui, celle qui a la garde d’un immeuble.
  2. 2
    Commère, bavard.
  3. 3
    Employé, dans le secteur de l’hôtellerie de luxe (4 ou 5 étoiles et palaces), dont les principales fonctions sont d’accueillir, de renseigner et de conseiller les clients.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au lieu de cette poésie, un affreux chien qui m’aboyait aux jambes, et une femme comme les autres, sans cervelle, sans idées, uniquement occupée de plaisirs, bornant son rêve au théâtre des Variétés et aux caresses de son Spy, son Spy !… ah ! ah ! ah ! son Spy, cet animal ridicule qu’elle aimait avec des tendresses et des mots de concierge !
  2. Un gros concierge, un secrétaire rose, nous acclament avec la joie d’un poitrinaire devenu cent kilos, d’un bilieux devenu poupin.

This word in other languages

caretaker(English)portero(Español)Hausmeister(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconcierge
  • cnocierge
  • cocnierge
  • conccierge
  • conceirge
  • conciegre
  • conciereg
  • conciergge
  • concierrge
  • concirege
  • conicerge
  • conncierge
  • ocncierge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconcierge1cnocierge2cocnierge2conccierge1conceirge2conciegre2conciereg2conciergge1
Edit distance from "concierge"

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 "concierge"?
"concierge" is spelled C-O-N-C-I-E-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.sjɛʁʒ\.
What does "concierge" mean?
As a noun, "concierge" means: Celui, celle qui a la garde d’un immeuble.
What words are commonly confused with "concierge"?
"concierge" is commonly confused with "concerne", "concerté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concierge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concierge" is \kɔ̃.sjɛʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concierge" come from?
"concierge" 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 "concierge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list