Which to use
“concerne” is a verb and “concerté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,252
- “concerne” frequency rank
- #38,719
- “concerté” frequency rank
- 39971
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concerne | concerté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concerner. | Qui est trop étudié, affecté. |
Where the eye mixes concerne and concerté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. concerne and concerté follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses concerne with concerté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: concerne is \kɔ̃.sɛʁn\ while concerté is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39971, 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\. concerté is at rank #38,719, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.te\.
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 39971, this pair ranks #243,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concerne vs concerté
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concerne": -. Private to "concerté": té.
"concerne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "concerté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- concerne ← cconcerne · cnocerne · cocnerne · conccerne · concenre · conceren · concernne · concerrne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concerne" for "concerté" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "concerne" or "concerté" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "concerne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concerté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #243,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concerne" and "concerté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concerté vs concertos". 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 #243,970 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.