Which to use
“concernée” is a verb and “concertée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,194
- “concernée” frequency rank
- #31,413
- “concertée” frequency rank
- 42607
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concernée | concertée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de concerner. | Féminin singulier de concerté. |
Where the eye mixes concernée and concertée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. concernée and concertée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between concernée and concertée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: concernée is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\ while concertée is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - n in “concernée” becomes t in “concertée”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42607, 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\. concertée is at rank #31,413, 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 42607, this pair ranks #224,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concernée vs concertée
Shared letters: cenoré. Private to "concernée": -. Private to "concertée": t.
"concernée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "concertée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concernée" for "concertée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "concernée" or "concertée" show up more?
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 "concertée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concernée" and "concertée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concertée vs contentée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #224,345 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.