concoctévsconvoiteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#28,888
“concocté” frequency rank
#41,196
“convoite” frequency rank
70084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concocté convoite
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de concocter. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de convoiter.

Where the eye mixes concocté and convoite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. concocté (CVCCVCCV) and convoite (CVCCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
concocté
8 ch
convoite

Why the eye confuses concocté with convoite

A purely visual mix-up. concocté (\kɔ̃.kɔk.te\) and convoite (\kɔ̃.vwat\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concocté is recorded at frequency rank #28,888, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.kɔk.te\. convoite is at rank #41,196, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.vwat\.

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 70084, this pair ranks #52,705 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of concocté vs convoite

Shared letters: cnot. Private to "concocté": é. Private to "convoite": eiv.

"concocté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "convoite" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • convoitecconvoite · cnovoite · connvoite · conovite · conviote · convoiet · convoitte · convotie

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concocté" for "convoite" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.kɔk.te\ versus \kɔ̃.vwat\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "concocté" vs "convoite" - which ranks higher?
"concocté" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,888 in our French list, against #41,196 for "convoite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "concocté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convoite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,705 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concocté" and "convoite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convoite vs convoitée". 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 #52,705 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