Which to use
“concertée” is an adjective and “concerts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,413
- “concertée” frequency rank
- #4,135
- “concerts” frequency rank
- 35548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concertée | concerts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de concerté. | Pluriel de concert. |
Where the eye mixes concertée and concerts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. concertée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against concerts's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: concertée vs concerts
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: concertée is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.te\ while concerts is \kɔ̃.sɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concertée is recorded at frequency rank #31,413, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.te\. concerts is at rank #4,135, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛʁ\.
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 35548, this pair ranks #275,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concertée vs concerts
Shared letters: cenort. Private to "concertée": é. Private to "concerts": s.
"concertée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "concerts" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concerts ← cconcerts · cnocerts · cocnerts · conccerts · concerrts · concerst · concertss · concertts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concertée" and "concerts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "concertée" vs "concerts" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "concertée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concerts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concertée" and "concerts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concertée vs contentée". 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 #275,926 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.