Which to use
“concourir” and “concourt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,094
- “concourir” frequency rank
- #30,104
- “concourt” frequency rank
- 50198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concourir | concourt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tendre ensemble au même but, coopérer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concourir. |
Where the eye mixes concourir and concourt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. concourir runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCVC) against concourt's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between concourir and concourt
A purely visual mix-up. concourir (\kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\) and concourt (\kɔ̃.kuʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concourir is recorded at frequency rank #20,094, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\. 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 50198, this pair ranks #164,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concourir vs concourt
Shared letters: cnoru. Private to "concourir": i. Private to "concourt": t.
"concourir" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "concourt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concourir" and "concourt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "concourir" or "concourt"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "concourir" 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 #164,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concourir" and "concourt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conclura vs concourt". 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 #164,523 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.