Which to use
“concourt” and “concouru” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,104
- “concourt” frequency rank
- #45,516
- “concouru” frequency rank
- 75620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concourt | concouru |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de concourir. | Participe passé masculin singulier de concourir. |
Where the eye mixes concourt and concouru
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. concourt (CVCCVVCC) and concouru (CVCCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between concourt and concouru
A purely visual mix-up. concourt (\kɔ̃.kuʁ\) and concouru (\kɔ̃.ku.ʁy\) 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 a single letter - t in “concourt” becomes u in “concouru”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concourt is recorded at frequency rank #30,104, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.kuʁ\. concouru is at rank #45,516, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.ku.ʁy\.
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 75620, this pair ranks #33,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of concourt vs concouru
Shared letters: cnoru. Private to "concourt": t. Private to "concouru": -.
"concourt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "concouru" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concourt" and "concouru" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "concourt" vs "concouru" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "concourt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concouru" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concourt" and "concouru" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conclura vs concouru". 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 #33,523 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.