Which to use
“concerne” and “concernent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,252
- “concerne” frequency rank
- #6,277
- “concernent” frequency rank
- 7529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concerne | concernent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concerner. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de concerner. |
Same sound, different letters: concerne vs concernent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. concerne runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against concernent's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: concerne vs concernent
This is the hard kind. concerne and concernent are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sɛʁn\) 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) - “concerne” sits inside “concernent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concerne is recorded at frequency rank #1,252, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁn\. concernent is at rank #6,277, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁn\.
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 7529, this pair ranks #422,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concerne vs concernent
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concerne": -. Private to "concernent": t.
"concerne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "concernent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concerne ← cconcerne · cnocerne · cocnerne · conccerne · concenre · conceren · concernne · concerrne
- concernent ← cconcernent · cnocernent · cocnernent · conccernent · concenrent · concerennt · concernennt · concernentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concerne" and "concernent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "concerne" or "concernent" show up more?
After this comparison
"concerne" and "concernent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "concerne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concernent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concerne" and "concernent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concernent vs concernera". 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 #422,894 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.