Which to use
“concentre” and “concentrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,484
- “concentre” frequency rank
- #17,386
- “concentrent” frequency rank
- 23870
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concentre | concentrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concentrer. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de concentrer. |
Same sound, different letters: concentre vs concentrent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. concentre runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCCV) against concentrent's 11 (CVCCVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - concentre and concentrent
This is the hard kind. concentre and concentrent are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “concentre” sits inside “concentrent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concentre is recorded at frequency rank #6,484, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ\. concentrent is at rank #17,386, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ\.
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 23870, this pair ranks #349,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concentre vs concentrent
Shared letters: cenort. Private to "concentre": -. Private to "concentrent": -.
"concentre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "concentrent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concentre ← cconcentre · cnocentre · cocnentre · conccentre · concenntre · concenrte · concenter · concenttre
- concentrent ← cconcentrent · cnocentrent · cocnentrent · conccentrent · concenntrent · concenrtent · concenternt · concentrennt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concentre" and "concentrent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "concentre" or "concentrent"?
What to do next
"concentre" and "concentrent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "concentre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concentrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #349,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concentre" and "concentrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concentrait vs concentrent". 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 #349,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.