Which to use
“concernées” and “concernés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,085
- “concernées” frequency rank
- #5,326
- “concernés” frequency rank
- 13411
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concernées | concernés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de concerner. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de concerner. |
Same sound, different letters: concernées vs concernés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. concernées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against concernés's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - concernées and concernés
This is the hard kind. concernées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13411, 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\. 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 13411, this pair ranks #401,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concernées vs concernés
Shared letters: cenorsé. Private to "concernées": -. Private to "concernés": -.
"concernées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "concernés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concernées" for "concernés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "concernées" or "concernés"?
Useful next steps
"concernées" and "concernés" 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 "concernés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concernées" and "concernés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concernées vs concernera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #401,135 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.