Which to use
“concerner” and “concernés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,787
- “concerner” frequency rank
- #5,326
- “concernés” frequency rank
- 25113
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concerner | concernés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Toucher, intéresser sous tel ou tel rapport en parlant des choses. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de concerner. |
Same sound, different letters: concerner vs concernés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - concerner / concernés
This is the hard kind. concerner 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concerner is recorded at frequency rank #19,787, 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 25113, this pair ranks #342,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concerner vs concernés
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concerner": -. Private to "concernés": sé.
"concerner" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "concernés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concerner ← cconcerner · cnocerner · cocnerner · conccerner · concenrer · concerenr · concernerr · concernner
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concerner" and "concernés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "concerner" or "concernés" show up more?
What to do next
"concerner" and "concernés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "concerner" 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 #342,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concerner" and "concernés" 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 #342,732 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.