Which to use
“concourent” and “concourt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,434
- “concourent” frequency rank
- #30,104
- “concourt” frequency rank
- 65538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concourent | concourt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de concourir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concourir. |
Same sound, different letters: concourent vs concourt
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. concourent runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCVCC) against concourt's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - concourent and concourt
This is the hard kind. concourent and concourt are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.kuʁ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concourent is recorded at frequency rank #35,434, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.kuʁ\. concourt is at rank #30,104, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.kuʁ\.
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 65538, this pair ranks #71,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of concourent vs concourt
Shared letters: cnortu. Private to "concourent": e. Private to "concourt": -.
"concourent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC · "concourt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concourent ← cconcourent · cnocourent · cocnourent · conccourent · concoruent · concouernt · concourennt · concourentt
- concourt ← cconcourt · cnocourt · cocnourt · conccourt · concorut · concourrt · concourtt · concoutr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concourent" for "concourt" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "concourent" or "concourt" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "concourent" / "concourt". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "concourent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concourt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,882 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concourent" and "concourt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concourent vs connurent". 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 #71,882 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.