Which to use
“concentrée” is an adjective and “concentrer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,226
- “concentrée” frequency rank
- #4,738
- “concentrer” frequency rank
- 18964
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concentrée | concentrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de concentré. | Réunir en un centre ce qui est dispersé. |
Same sound, different letters: concentrée vs concentrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. concentrée (CVCCVCCCVV) and concentrer (CVCCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: concentrée vs concentrer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: concentrée and concentrer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18964, 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\. concentrer is at rank #4,738, tagged as averb, 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 18964, this pair ranks #375,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concentrée vs concentrer
Shared letters: cenort. Private to "concentrée": é. Private to "concentrer": -.
"concentrée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV · "concentrer" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concentrer ← cconcentrer · cnocentrer · cocnentrer · conccentrer · concenntrer · concenrter · concenterr · concentrerr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concentrée" and "concentrer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "concentrée" or "concentrer"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "concentrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concentrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concentrée" and "concentrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concentrée vs contentée". 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 #375,711 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.