Which to use
“concurrent” is an adjective and “concurrente” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,625
- “concurrent” frequency rank
- #24,915
- “concurrente” frequency rank
- 34540
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concurrent | concurrente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se rencontre avec. | Celle qui poursuit une même chose, et en même temps qu’un autre. |
Where the eye mixes concurrent and concurrente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between concurrent and concurrente
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: concurrent is \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃\ while concurrente is \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “concurrent” sits inside “concurrente”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concurrent is recorded at frequency rank #9,625, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃\. concurrente is at rank #24,915, tagged as anoun, 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 34540, this pair ranks #283,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concurrent vs concurrente
Shared letters: cenortu. Private to "concurrent": -. Private to "concurrente": -.
"concurrent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "concurrente" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- concurrent ← cconcurrent · cnocurrent · cocnurrent · conccurrent · concrurent · concurent · concurernt · concurrennt
- concurrente ← cconcurrente · cnocurrente · cocnurrente · conccurrente · concrurente · concurente · concurernte · concurrenet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concurrent" and "concurrente" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "concurrent" or "concurrente" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "concurrent" and "concurrente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "concurrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concurrente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #283,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concurrent" and "concurrente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concurrent vs connurent". 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 #283,093 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.