Which to use
“concernées” and “concernent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,085
- “concernées” frequency rank
- #6,277
- “concernent” frequency rank
- 14362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concernées | concernent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de concerner. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de concerner. |
Where the eye mixes concernées and concernent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. concernées (CVCCVCCVVC) and concernent (CVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses concernées with concernent
A purely visual mix-up. concernées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concernées is recorded at frequency rank #8,085, 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 14362, this pair ranks #397,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concernées vs concernent
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concernées": sé. Private to "concernent": t.
"concernées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "concernent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concernent ← cconcernent · cnocernent · cocnernent · conccernent · concenrent · concerennt · concernennt · concernentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concernées" and "concernent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "concernées" or "concernent" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "concernées" 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 #397,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concernées" and "concernent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concernées 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 #397,009 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.