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.
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?
Frequency check: "concédée" vs "concerne" - which ranks higher?
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.