concentréesvsconcentrezTell them apart

Quick tell: concentrées is a adjective, concentrez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“concentrées” is an adjective and “concentrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,942
“concentrées” frequency rank
#32,754
“concentrez” frequency rank
58696
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concentrées concentrez
Definition Féminin pluriel de concentré. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de concentrer.

Same sound, different letters: concentrées vs concentrez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. concentrées runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCCVVC) against concentrez's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
concentrées
10 ch
concentrez

Homophone desk: concentrées vs concentrez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: concentrées and concentrez 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concentrées is recorded at frequency rank #25,942, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe\. concentrez is at rank #32,754, 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 58696, this pair ranks #107,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of concentrées vs concentrez

Shared letters: cenort. Private to "concentrées": sé. Private to "concentrez": z.

"concentrées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVC  ·  "concentrez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concentrez ← cconcentrez · cnocentrez · cocnentrez · conccentrez · concenntrez · concenrtez · concenterz · concentrezz

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "concentrées" and "concentrez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "concentrées" is an adjective and "concentrez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "concentrées" vs "concentrez" - which ranks higher?
"concentrées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,942 in our French list, against #32,754 for "concentrez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "concentrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concentrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concentrées" and "concentrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concentrées vs concentrons". 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 #107,484 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list