Which to use
“concernent” and “concerner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,277
- “concernent” frequency rank
- #19,787
- “concerner” frequency rank
- 26064
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concernent | concerner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de concerner. | Toucher, intéresser sous tel ou tel rapport en parlant des choses. |
Where the eye mixes concernent and concerner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: concernent vs concerner
A purely visual mix-up. concernent (\kɔ̃.sɛʁn\) and concerner (\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26064, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concernent is recorded at frequency rank #6,277, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁn\. 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 26064, this pair ranks #337,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concernent vs concerner
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concernent": t. Private to "concerner": -.
"concernent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "concerner" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concernent ← cconcernent · cnocernent · cocnernent · conccernent · concenrent · concerennt · concernennt · concernentt
- concerner ← cconcerner · cnocerner · cocnerner · conccerner · concenrer · concerenr · concernerr · concernner
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concernent" and "concerner" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "concernent" or "concerner"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "concernent" 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 #337,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concernent" 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 #337,330 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.