concours

\kɔ̃.kuʁ\

/\kɔ̃.kuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“concours” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,057
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de tendre vers un même but, de coopérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concours · concours · French

concours · rank #1,057 · 12 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,057
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH con

Nearest frequency peer: con (-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 « concours »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « concours » 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).

concours vs conçus
63% similar
concours vs conçues
63% similar
concours vs contour
75% similar

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

Key facts for concours
PropertyValue
Headwordconcours
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.kuʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,057
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concours »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).concoursse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « con » (#1,056), « couple » (#1,058), « change » (#1,055). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concours » est au #1,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around concours (IPA \kɔ̃.kuʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,057 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for concours, with forms such as "cconcours", "cnocours", and "cocnours". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "conçus", "conçues", "contour", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is concours, spelled C-O-N-C-O-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de tendre vers un même but, de coopérer.
  2. 2
    Réunion ; rencontre ; rassemblement.
  3. 3
    Affluence de monde en quelque endroit.
  4. 4
    Situation d’intersection commune de plusieurs droites.
  5. 5
    Épreuves mettant en compétition des candidats (individus, groupes, entreprises, des cabinets d'architectes pour la réalisation d'un bâtiment, par exemple), pour un nombre de places fixé d'avance, pour obtenir un prix ou pour établir un classement honorifique.
  6. 6
    Épreuve scolaire pour être reçu étudiant dans une école.
  7. 7
    Participation ou contribution à une action ou un projet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Il fallait raisonner avec Beaumagnan et lui refuser ton concours.
  2. Quand j’essayais d’en apprendre plus, Jean-Paul me répondait que l’important était de savoir que l’on pouvait faire confiance à Marc, et que le concours d’un indic’ fiable était trop important pour risquer de le perdre.

This word in other languages

cooperation(English)concurso(Español)Wettbewerb(Deutsch)concurso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconcours
  • cnocours
  • cocnours
  • conccours
  • concorus
  • concourrs
  • concourss
  • concousr
  • concuors
  • conncours
  • conocurs
  • ocncours

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconcours1cnocours2cocnours2conccours1concorus2concourrs1concourss1concousr2
Edit distance from "concours"

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 "concours"?
"concours" is spelled C-O-N-C-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.kuʁ\.
What does "concours" mean?
As a noun, "concours" means: Action de tendre vers un même but, de coopérer.
What words are commonly confused with "concours"?
"concours" is commonly confused with "conçus", "conçues", "contour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concours"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concours" is \kɔ̃.kuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concours" come from?
"concours" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vacances#1,050relation#1,041objectif#1,038Montréal#1,036

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

prochain12 variantsprincipe12 variantseuropéenne12 variantsmilitaire12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list