concours de circonstances
\kɔ̃.kuʁ də siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“concours de circonstances” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de circonstances qui, ensemble, contribuent de façon non planifiée à quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-concours-de-circonstance · concours de circonstances · French
concours de circonstances · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concours de circonstances |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.kuʁ də siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « concours de circonstances » en français
Rare enough to double-check
concours de circonstances is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.kuʁ də siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble de circonstances qui, ensemble, contribuent de façon non planifiée à quelque chose.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for concours de circonstances, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is concours de circonstances, spelled C-O-N-C-O-U-R-S- -D-E- -C-I-R-C-O-N-S-T-A-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ensemble de circonstances qui, ensemble, contribuent de façon non planifiée à quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how concours de circonstances appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fleming n’a pu découvrir la pénicilline et Florey exploiter cette découverte que parce qu’ils ont bénéficié de deux extraordinaires concours de circonstances.
Mon père, dont je me souvenais à peine, il m’arrivait quelquefois de me persuader qu’il n’était pas mort, qu’un concours de circonstances étranges l’avait fait disparaître.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.