concédéevsconcerneWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“concédée” and “concerne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,348
“concédée” frequency rank
#1,252
“concerne” frequency rank
33600
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concédée concerne
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de concéder. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concerner.

Where the eye mixes concédée and concerne

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. concédée (CVCCVCVV) and concerne (CVCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
concédée
8 ch
concerne

Visual trap between concédée and concerne

A purely visual mix-up. concédée (\kɔ̃.se.de\) and concerne (\kɔ̃.sɛʁn\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concédée is recorded at frequency rank #32,348, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.se.de\. concerne is at rank #1,252, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁn\.

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 33600, this pair ranks #289,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concédée vs concerne

Shared letters: ceno. Private to "concédée": dé. Private to "concerne": r.

"concédée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "concerne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concerne ← cconcerne · cnocerne · cocnerne · conccerne · concenre · conceren · concernne · concerrne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concédée" and "concerne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.se.de\ versus \kɔ̃.sɛʁn\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "concédée" vs "concerne" - which ranks higher?
"concerne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,252 in our French list, against #32,348 for "concédée". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concédée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concerne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #289,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concédée" and "concerne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concédée vs concerté". 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 #289,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list