Which to use
“concédée” is a verb and “concertée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,348
- “concédée” frequency rank
- #31,413
- “concertée” frequency rank
- 63761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concédée | concertée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de concéder. | Féminin singulier de concerté. |
Where the eye mixes concédée and concertée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. concédée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against concertée's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between concédée and concertée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: concédée is \kɔ̃.se.de\ while concertée is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63761, 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\. concertée is at rank #31,413, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.te\.
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 63761, this pair ranks #80,343 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of concédée vs concertée
Shared letters: cenoé. Private to "concédée": d. Private to "concertée": rt.
"concédée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "concertée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concédée" for "concertée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "concédée" or "concertée" show up more?
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 "concertée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,343 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concédée" and "concertée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concertée vs contentée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #80,343 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.