concretvsconcretsConfusable pair

Quick tell: concret is a noun, concrets is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“concret” is a noun and “concrets” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,363
“concret” frequency rank
#12,933
“concrets” frequency rank
21296
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concret concrets
Definition Concept distinguant le réel de l’imaginaire. Masculin pluriel de concret.

Same sound, different letters: concret vs concrets

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. concret runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against concrets's 8 (CVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
concret
8 ch
concrets

Ear matches; page differs - concret and concrets

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: concret and concrets carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.kʁɛ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “concret” sits inside “concrets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concret is recorded at frequency rank #8,363, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.kʁɛ\. concrets is at rank #12,933, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.kʁɛ\.

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 21296, this pair ranks #363,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of concret vs concrets

Shared letters: cenort. Private to "concret": -. Private to "concrets": s.

"concret" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "concrets" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concret ← cconcret · cnocret · cocnret · conccret · concrett · concrret · concrte · conncret
  • concrets ← cconcrets · cnocrets · cocnrets · conccrets · concrest · concretss · concretts · concrrets

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concret" and "concrets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "concret" is a noun and "concrets" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "concret" or "concrets"?
"concret" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,363 in our French list, against #12,933 for "concrets". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concret" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concrets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #363,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concret" and "concrets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concrets vs congres". 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 #363,914 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