Which to use
“concernée” and “concernent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,194
- “concernée” frequency rank
- #6,277
- “concernent” frequency rank
- 17471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concernée | concernent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de concerner. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de concerner. |
Where the eye mixes concernée and concernent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. concernée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against concernent's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: concernée vs concernent
A purely visual mix-up. concernée (\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\) and concernent (\kɔ̃.sɛʁn\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concernée is recorded at frequency rank #11,194, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\. 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 17471, this pair ranks #383,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concernée vs concernent
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concernée": é. Private to "concernent": t.
"concernée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "concernent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concernent ← cconcernent · cnocernent · cocnernent · conccernent · concenrent · concerennt · concernennt · concernentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concernée" and "concernent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "concernée" vs "concernent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "concernée" and "concernent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "concernée" 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 #383,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concernée" and "concernent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concernée 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 #383,013 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.