Which to use
“concernées” and “concerner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,085
- “concernées” frequency rank
- #19,787
- “concerner” frequency rank
- 27872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concernées | concerner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de concerner. | Toucher, intéresser sous tel ou tel rapport en parlant des choses. |
Same sound, different letters: concernées vs concerner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. concernées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against concerner's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - concernées / concerner
This is the hard kind. concernées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27872, 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\. 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 27872, this pair ranks #326,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concernées vs concerner
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concernées": sé. Private to "concerner": -.
"concernées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "concerner" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concerner ← cconcerner · cnocerner · cocnerner · conccerner · concenrer · concerenr · concernerr · concernner
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concernées" and "concerner" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "concernées" or "concerner" show up more?
After this comparison
"concernées" and "concerner" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "concernées" 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 #326,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concernées" 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 #326,249 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.