concurrencevsconcurrentesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,168
“concurrence” frequency rank
#23,147
“concurrentes” frequency rank
25315
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concurrence concurrentes
Definition Compétition de plusieurs personnes qui recherchent un même objet, une même chose. Féminin pluriel de concurrent.

Where the eye mixes concurrence and concurrentes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

11 ch
concurrence
12 ch
concurrentes

Why the eye confuses concurrence with concurrentes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: concurrence is \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s\ while concurrentes is \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concurrence is recorded at frequency rank #2,168, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s\. concurrentes is at rank #23,147, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃t\.

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 25315, this pair ranks #341,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of concurrence vs concurrentes

Shared letters: cenoru. Private to "concurrence": -. Private to "concurrentes": st.

"concurrence" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV  ·  "concurrentes" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concurrencecconcurrence · cnocurrence · cocnurrence · conccurrence · concrurence · concurence · concurernce · concurrecne
  • concurrentescconcurrentes · cnocurrentes · cocnurrentes · conccurrentes · concrurentes · concurentes · concurerntes · concurrenets

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "concurrence" and "concurrentes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "concurrence" is a noun and "concurrentes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "concurrence" or "concurrentes"?
"concurrence" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,168 in our French list, against #23,147 for "concurrentes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "concurrence" and "concurrentes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concurrence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concurrentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #341,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concurrence" and "concurrentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concurrentes vs concurrentiels". 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 #341,563 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