concourir

\kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\

/\kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“concourir” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,094. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,094
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendre ensemble au même but, coopérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concourir · concourir · French

concourir · rank #20,094 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,094
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comptaient

Nearest frequency peer: comptaient (-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 « concourir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « concourir » 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).

concourir vs concours
78% similar
concourir vs concourt
78% similar
concourir vs concouru
78% similar

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

Key facts for concourir
PropertyValue
Headwordconcourir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,094
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concourir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).concourirse 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 « comptaient » (#20,093), « communiquent » (#20,092), « confiés » (#20,096). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concourir » est au #20,094. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around concourir (IPA \kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,094 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for concourir, with forms such as "cconcourir", "cnocourir", and "cocnourir". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "concours", "concourt", "concouru", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is concourir, spelled C-O-N-C-O-U-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tendre ensemble au même but, coopérer.
  2. 2
    Se diriger vers le même point, se rencontrer, coïncider.
  3. 3
    Entrer ou être en concurrence pour obtenir un prix, un emploi, un titre, etc., promis au plus capable, au plus digne.
  4. 4
    Entrer ou être en concurrence pour obtenir un prix, un emploi, un titre, etc., promis au plus capable, au plus digne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ceux mêmes qui voyaient le remède n’osaient ni l’indiquer ni l’attendre : tout semblait en effet concourir à le rendre impossible.
  2. Les caribous ne contribuèrent pas seuls à accroître la réserve alimentaire. Les lièvres polaires, […], y concoururent pour une part notable.

Synonyms

concurrencer

This word in other languages

concur(English)concurrir(Español)zusammenarbeiten(Deutsch)concorrer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconcourir
  • cnocourir
  • cocnourir
  • conccourir
  • concoruir
  • concouirr
  • concourirr
  • concourri
  • concourrir
  • concuorir
  • conncourir
  • conocurir
  • ocncourir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concourir - 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.

cconcourir1cnocourir2cocnourir2conccourir1concoruir2concouirr2concourirr1concourri2
Edit distance from "concourir"

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 "concourir"?
"concourir" is spelled C-O-N-C-O-U-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\.
What does "concourir" mean?
As a verb, "concourir" means: Tendre ensemble au même but, coopérer.
What words are commonly confused with "concourir"?
"concourir" is commonly confused with "concours", "concourt", "concouru". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concourir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concourir" is \kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concourir" come from?
"concourir" 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 "concourir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

collector#20,091couronnée#20,102couturier#20,104calculées#20,072

Similar misspelling depth

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

chargent13 variantscroquettes13 variantsdonations13 variantsdéfilent13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list