concernéevsconcerneraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#11,194
“concernée” frequency rank
#44,382
“concernera” frequency rank
55576
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concernée concernera
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de concerner. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de concerner.

Where the eye mixes concernée and concernera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. concernée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against concernera's 10 (CVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
concernée
10 ch
concernera

Why the eye confuses concernée with concernera

A purely visual mix-up. concernée (\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55576, 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\. 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 55576, this pair ranks #126,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concernée vs concernera

Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concernée": é. Private to "concernera": a.

"concernée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV  ·  "concernera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concernera ← cconcernera · cnocernera · cocnernera · conccernera · concenrera · concerenra · concernear · concernerra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concernée" for "concernera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\ versus \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "concernée" or "concernera"?
"concernée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,194 in our French list, against #44,382 for "concernera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "concernée" 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 #126,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concernée" 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 #126,591 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