concernevsconcerneraConfusable pair

Which to use

“concerne” and “concernera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,252
“concerne” frequency rank
#44,382
“concernera” frequency rank
45634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concerne concernera
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concerner. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de concerner.

Where the eye mixes concerne and concernera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. concerne runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against concernera's 10 (CVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
concerne
10 ch
concernera

Look-alike desk: concerne vs concernera

A purely visual mix-up. concerne (\kɔ̃.sɛʁn\) and concernera (\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “concerne” sits inside “concernera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45634, 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\. concernera is at rank #44,382, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa\.

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 45634, this pair ranks #201,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concerne vs concernera

Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concerne": -. Private to "concernera": a.

"concerne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "concernera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concerne ← cconcerne · cnocerne · cocnerne · conccerne · concenre · conceren · concernne · concerrne
  • concernera ← cconcernera · cnocernera · cocnernera · conccernera · concenrera · concerenra · concernear · concernerra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "concerne" and "concernera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.sɛʁn\ versus \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "concerne" vs "concernera" - which ranks higher?
"concerne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,252 in our French list, against #44,382 for "concernera". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concerne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concernera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #201,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concerne" and "concernera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concernera vs conservera". 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 #201,246 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