Which to use
“concentrée” and “concentrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,226
- “concentrée” frequency rank
- #25,942
- “concentrées” frequency rank
- 40168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concentrée | concentrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de concentré. | Féminin pluriel de concentré. |
Same sound, different letters: concentrée vs concentrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Homophone desk: concentrée vs concentrées
This is the hard kind. concentrée and concentrées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “concentrée” sits inside “concentrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concentrée is recorded at frequency rank #14,226, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\. concentrées is at rank #25,942, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\.
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 40168, this pair ranks #242,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concentrée vs concentrées
Shared letters: cenorté. Private to "concentrée": -. Private to "concentrées": s.
"concentrée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV · "concentrées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "concentrée" / "concentrées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "concentrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concentrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concentrée" and "concentrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concentrées vs concentrons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #242,515 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.