Which to use
“concéder” and “congeler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,743
- “concéder” frequency rank
- #36,775
- “congeler” frequency rank
- 64518
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concéder | congeler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accorder, octroyer un privilège, une faveur. | Faire passer un liquide à l’état solide. |
Where the eye mixes concéder and congeler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. concéder and congeler follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: concéder vs congeler
A purely visual mix-up. concéder (\kɔ̃.se.de\) and congeler (\kɔ̃ʒ.le\) 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 64518, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concéder is recorded at frequency rank #27,743, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.se.de\. congeler is at rank #36,775, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃ʒ.le\.
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 64518, this pair ranks #76,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of concéder vs congeler
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concéder": dé. Private to "congeler": gl.
"concéder" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "congeler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- congeler ← ccongeler · cnogeler · cogneler · conegler · congeelr · congelerr · congeller · congelre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concéder" and "congeler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "concéder" or "congeler"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "concéder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "congeler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concéder" and "congeler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congeler vs congélo". 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 #76,666 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.