concrète

\kɔ̃.kʁɛt\

/\kɔ̃.kʁɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“concrète” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,669
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Matière grasse solide à température ambiante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concrete · concrète · French

concrète · rank #10,669 · 13 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,669
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concertation

Nearest frequency peer: concertation (-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 « concrète »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « concrète » 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).

concrète vs contrée
63% similar
concrète vs conquête
63% similar
concrète vs concrets
75% similar

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

Key facts for concrète
PropertyValue
Headwordconcrète
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.kʁɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,669
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concrète »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).concrètese 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 « concertation » (#10,668), « confiant » (#10,670), « composante » (#10,667). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concrète » est au #10,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around concrète (IPA \kɔ̃.kʁɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,669 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Matière grasse solide à température ambiante.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for concrète, with forms such as "cconcrète", "cnocrète", and "cocnrète". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "contrée", "conquête", "concrets", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is concrète, spelled C-O-N-C-R-È-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Matière grasse solide à température ambiante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On peut extraire des parfums des différentes parties du végétal : feuille, fruit, rameau, écorce, racine, sève, mousse, bois, graine. […] ll faut d’abord laver la concrète à l’alcool pour dissoudre les molécules odorantes.
  2. La première étape de la transformation donne cette patte^([sic]) orangée appelée concrète. C’est le parfum à l’état solide, 2 tonnes de jasmin, soit 12 millions de fleurs cueillies une à une, sont nécessaires pour produire une boîte de 5 kg. La concrète est ensuite macérée dans de l’alcool, filtré^([sic]) et puis évaporé^([sic]) pour obtenir l’absolu de j…

Synonyms

beurre végétalgraisse

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconcrète
  • cnocrète
  • cocnrète
  • conccrète
  • concrete
  • concrrète
  • concrtèe
  • concrèet
  • concrètte
  • concèrte
  • conncrète
  • conrcète
  • ocncrète

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concrète - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cconcrète1cnocrète2cocnrète2conccrète1concrete1concrrète1concrtèe2concrèet2
Edit distance from "concrète"

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 "concrète"?
"concrète" is spelled C-O-N-C-R-È-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.kʁɛt\.
What does "concrète" mean?
As a noun, "concrète" means: Matière grasse solide à température ambiante.
What words are commonly confused with "concrète"?
"concrète" is commonly confused with "contrée", "conquête", "concrets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concrète"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concrète" is \kɔ̃.kʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concrète" come from?
"concrète" 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 "concrète", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list