Which to use
“concernée” and “concernés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,194
- “concernée” frequency rank
- #5,326
- “concernés” frequency rank
- 16520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concernée | concernés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de concerner. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de concerner. |
Same sound, different letters: concernée vs concernés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. concernée (CVCCVCCVV) and concernés (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - concernée / concernés
This is the hard kind. concernée and concernés 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 differ by a single letter - e in “concernée” becomes s in “concernés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16520, 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\. concernés is at rank #5,326, 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 16520, this pair ranks #387,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concernée vs concernés
Shared letters: cenoré. Private to "concernée": -. Private to "concernés": s.
"concernée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "concernés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concernée" and "concernés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "concernée" vs "concernés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "concernés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concernée" and "concernés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concernée vs concernera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #387,459 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.