concertévsconcordeConfusable pair

Quick tell: concerté is a adjective, concorde is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“concerté” is an adjective and “concorde” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,719
“concerté” frequency rank
#11,375
“concorde” frequency rank
50094
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concerté concorde
Definition Qui est trop étudié, affecté. Union de cœurs et de volontés entre des personnes.

Where the eye mixes concerté and concorde

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
concerté
8 ch
concorde

Why the eye confuses concerté with concorde

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: concerté is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.te\ while concorde is \kɔ̃.kɔʁd\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concerté is recorded at frequency rank #38,719, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.te\. concorde is at rank #11,375, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.kɔʁd\.

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 50094, this pair ranks #165,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concerté vs concorde

Shared letters: cenor. Private to "concerté": . Private to "concorde": d.

"concerté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "concorde" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concordecconcorde · cnocorde · cocnorde · conccorde · concodre · concordde · concored · concorrde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concerté" and "concorde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "concerté" is an adjective and "concorde" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "concerté" or "concorde"?
"concorde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,375 in our French list, against #38,719 for "concerté". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concerté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concorde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concerté" and "concorde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concerté 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 #165,363 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