Which to use
“concernent” and “concernés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,277
- “concernent” frequency rank
- #5,326
- “concernés” frequency rank
- 11603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concernent | concernés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de concerner. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de concerner. |
Where the eye mixes concernent and concernés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses concernent with concernés
A purely visual mix-up. concernent (\kɔ̃.sɛʁn\) and concernés (\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 11603, 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\. 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 11603, this pair ranks #408,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concernent vs concernés
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concernent": t. Private to "concernés": sé.
"concernent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "concernés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concernent ← cconcernent · cnocernent · cocnernent · conccernent · concenrent · concerennt · concernennt · concernentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concernent" and "concernés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "concernent" vs "concernés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "concernent" 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 #408,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concernent" and "concernés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concernés vs concertos". 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 #408,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.