Which to use
“concave” and “concise” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,682
- “concave” frequency rank
- #38,720
- “concise” frequency rank
- 79402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concave | concise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui présente une surface en creux. | Féminin singulier de concis. |
Where the eye mixes concave and concise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: concave vs concise
A purely visual mix-up. concave (\kɔ̃.kav\) and concise (\kɔ̃.siz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concave is recorded at frequency rank #40,682, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.kav\. concise is at rank #38,720, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.siz\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 79402, this pair ranks #23,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of concave vs concise
Shared letters: ceno. Private to "concave": av. Private to "concise": is.
"concave" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "concise" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concave" and "concise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "concave" or "concise"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "concave" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concave" and "concise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concise vs confine". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #23,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.