Which to use
“concession” and “concessions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,039
- “concession” frequency rank
- #8,523
- “concessions” frequency rank
- 15562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concession | concessions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de concéder quelque jouissance, quelque droit. | Pluriel de concession. |
Where the eye mixes concession and concessions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. concession runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against concessions's 11 (CVCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between concession and concessions
A purely visual mix-up. concession (\kɔ̃.sɛ.sjɔ̃\) and concessions (\kɔ̃.se.sjɔ̃\) 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 extra letter(s) - “concession” sits inside “concessions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concession is recorded at frequency rank #7,039, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.sɛ.sjɔ̃\. concessions is at rank #8,523, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.se.sjɔ̃\.
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 15562, this pair ranks #391,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concession vs concessions
Shared letters: ceinos. Private to "concession": -. Private to "concessions": -.
"concession" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "concessions" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concession ← cconcession · cnocession · cocnession · conccession · concesion · concesison · concessino · concessionn
- concessions ← cconcessions · cnocessions · cocnessions · conccessions · concesions · concesisons · concessinos · concessionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concession" and "concessions" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "concession" or "concessions"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "concession" and "concessions" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "concession" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concessions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concession" and "concessions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concessions vs conversions". 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 #391,813 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.