concernentvsconcurrentWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: concernent is a verb, concurrent is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“concernent” is a verb and “concurrent” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,277
“concernent” frequency rank
#9,625
“concurrent” frequency rank
15902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concernent concurrent
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de concerner. Qui se rencontre avec.

Where the eye mixes concernent and concurrent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
concernent
10 ch
concurrent

Look-alike desk: concernent vs concurrent

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: concernent is \kɔ̃.sɛʁn\ while concurrent is \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15902, 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\. concurrent is at rank #9,625, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃\.

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 15902, this pair ranks #390,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of concernent vs concurrent

Shared letters: cenort. Private to "concernent": -. Private to "concurrent": u.

"concernent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC  ·  "concurrent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concernentcconcernent · cnocernent · cocnernent · conccernent · concenrent · concerennt · concernennt · concernentt
  • concurrentcconcurrent · cnocurrent · cocnurrent · conccurrent · concrurent · concurent · concurernt · concurrennt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concernent" for "concurrent" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "concernent" is a verb and "concurrent" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "concernent" or "concurrent" show up more?
"concernent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,277 in our French list, against #9,625 for "concurrent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "concernent" and "concurrent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concernent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concurrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #390,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concernent" and "concurrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concurrent vs connurent". 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 #390,327 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list