concourtvsconcouruConfusable pair

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.

8 ch
concourt
8 ch
concouru

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

  • concourtcconcourt · cnocourt · cocnourt · conccourt · concorut · concourrt · concourtt · concoutr
  • concourucconcouru · cnocouru · cocnouru · conccouru · concoruu · concourru · concouur · concuoru

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concourt" and "concouru" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.kuʁ\ versus \kɔ̃.ku.ʁy\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "concourt" vs "concouru" - which ranks higher?
"concourt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,104 in our French list, against #45,516 for "concouru". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list