concordances

\kɔ̃.kɔʁ.dɑ̃s\

/\kɔ̃.kɔʁ.dɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“concordances” is uncommon French (frequency #87,485 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,485
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de concordance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concordances · concordances · French

concordances · rank #87,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,485
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH components

Nearest frequency peer: components (-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 « concordances »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « concordances » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for concordances
PropertyValue
Headwordconcordances
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.kɔʁ.dɑ̃s\
Letters12
Frequency rank#87,485
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « concordances » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).concordancestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « components » (#87,484), « concordant » (#87,486), « concurremment » (#87,487). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concordances » est au #87,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

concordances is uncommon French at frequency #87,485 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.kɔʁ.dɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de concordance.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for concordances, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is concordances, spelled C-O-N-C-O-R-D-A-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de concordance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Occupé sur plus de 6 000 ans, ce lieu [= Megiddo] n’est pas sans poser des problèmes de stratigraphie et de concordances historiques… allant jusqu’à déstabiliser - avec raison - la grande chronologie traditionnelle établie en 1922, où les épisodes bibliques correspondraient aux périodes de la préhistoire.

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 "concordances"?
"concordances" is spelled C-O-N-C-O-R-D-A-N-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.kɔʁ.dɑ̃s\.
What does "concordances" mean?
As a noun, "concordances" means: Pluriel de concordance.
How do you pronounce "concordances"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concordances" is \kɔ̃.kɔʁ.dɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list