Which to use
“concédée” and “concernée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,348
- “concédée” frequency rank
- #11,194
- “concernée” frequency rank
- 43542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concédée | concernée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de concéder. | Participe passé féminin singulier de concerner. |
Where the eye mixes concédée and concernée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. concédée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against concernée's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: concédée vs concernée
A purely visual mix-up. concédée (\kɔ̃.se.de\) and concernée (\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43542, 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\. concernée is at rank #11,194, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\.
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 43542, this pair ranks #217,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concédée vs concernée
Shared letters: cenoé. Private to "concédée": d. Private to "concernée": r.
"concédée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "concernée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concédée" and "concernée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "concédée" or "concernée"?
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 "concédée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concernée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #217,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concédée" and "concernée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concédée vs concerté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #217,275 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.