Which to use
“concernée” and “concerner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,194
- “concernée” frequency rank
- #19,787
- “concerner” frequency rank
- 30981
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concernée | concerner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de concerner. | Toucher, intéresser sous tel ou tel rapport en parlant des choses. |
Same sound, different letters: concernée vs concerner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. concernée (CVCCVCCVV) and concerner (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: concernée vs concerner
This is the hard kind. concernée and concerner are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30981, 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\. concerner is at rank #19,787, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\.
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 30981, this pair ranks #306,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concernée vs concerner
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concernée": é. Private to "concerner": -.
"concernée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "concerner" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concerner ← cconcerner · cnocerner · cocnerner · conccerner · concenrer · concerenr · concernerr · concernner
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concernée" and "concerner" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "concernée" vs "concerner" - which ranks higher?
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 "concernée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concerner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,767 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concernée" and "concerner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concerner 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 #306,767 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.