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Which to use

“concernera” and “concernés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,382
“concernera” frequency rank
#5,326
“concernés” frequency rank
49708
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concernera concernés
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de concerner. Participe passé masculin pluriel de concerner.

Where the eye mixes concernera and concernés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

10 ch
concernera
9 ch
concernés

Why the eye confuses concernera with concernés

A purely visual mix-up. concernera (\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa\) 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 49708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concernera is recorded at frequency rank #44,382, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa\. 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 49708, this pair ranks #168,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concernera vs concernés

Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concernera": a. Private to "concernés": .

"concernera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "concernés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concerneracconcernera · cnocernera · cocnernera · conccernera · concenrera · concerenra · concernear · concernerra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concernera" for "concernés" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa\ versus \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "concernera" or "concernés"?
"concernés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,326 in our French list, against #44,382 for "concernera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "concernera" 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 #168,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concernera" and "concernés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concernera vs conservera". 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 #168,443 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