concurrence

\kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s\

/\kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“concurrence” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,168
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compétition de plusieurs personnes qui recherchent un même objet, une même chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concurrence · concurrence · French

concurrence · rank #2,168 · 15 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,168
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commentaire

Nearest frequency peer: commentaire (-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 « concurrence »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « concurrence » 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).

concurrence vs concurrent
82% similar
concurrence vs concurrents
82% similar
concurrence vs concurrente
91% similar

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

Key facts for concurrence
PropertyValue
Headwordconcurrence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,168
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concurrence »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.concurrencese 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 « commentaire » (#2,167), « conduite » (#2,169), « commande » (#2,166). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concurrence » est au #2,168. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around concurrence (IPA \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,168 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for concurrence, with forms such as "cconcurrence", "cnocurrence", and "cocnurrence". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "concurrent", "concurrents", "concurrente", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is concurrence, spelled C-O-N-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Compétition de plusieurs personnes qui recherchent un même objet, une même chose.
  2. 2
    Rivalité qui s’établit entre fabricants, marchands, entrepreneurs ou produits, etc.
  3. 3
    Compétition entre animaux ou entre plantes, pour occuper une même niche écologique.
  4. 4
    Égalité de droit, de privilège, d’hypothèque entre plusieurs personnes, sur une même chose.
  5. 5
    Situation de deux fêtes religieuses dont les premières vêpres de l’une coïncident avec les secondes vêpres de l’autre.
  6. 6
    Exécution de plusieurs tâches ou fils d’exécution en parallèle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous voyons ainsi que la conviction se fonde sur la concurrence de communions, dont chacune se considère comme étant l’armée de la vérité ayant à combattre les armées du mal.
  2. L'œuvre de l’Industriel français qui pousse à l’association des petits contre l’implacable et mortelle concurrence des monopoleurs n'en est pas moins fort encourageable.

Antonyms

collaborationconcertationcoopérationcoordination

This word in other languages

competition(English)competencia(Español)concorrência(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconcurrence
  • cnocurrence
  • cocnurrence
  • conccurrence
  • concrurence
  • concurence
  • concurernce
  • concurrecne
  • concurrencce
  • concurrenec
  • concurrennce
  • concurrnece
  • conncurrence
  • conucrrence
  • ocncurrence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconcurrence1cnocurrence2cocnurrence2conccurrence1concrurence2concurence1concurernce2concurrecne2
Edit distance from "concurrence"

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 "concurrence"?
"concurrence" is spelled C-O-N-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "concurrence" mean?
As a noun, "concurrence" means: Compétition de plusieurs personnes qui recherchent un même objet, une même chose.
What words are commonly confused with "concurrence"?
"concurrence" is commonly confused with "concurrent", "concurrents", "concurrente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concurrence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concurrence" is \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concurrence" come from?
"concurrence" 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 "concurrence", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

commentaire#2,167réalisation#2,148littérature#2,133apparemment#2,212

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

traduction15 variantsfédération15 variantsconception15 variantsengagement15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list