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“concurrent” and “concurrentes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,625
“concurrent” frequency rank
#23,147
“concurrentes” frequency rank
32772
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concurrent concurrentes
Definition Qui se rencontre avec. Féminin pluriel de concurrent.

Where the eye mixes concurrent and concurrentes

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

10 ch
concurrent
12 ch
concurrentes

Why the eye confuses concurrent with concurrentes

A purely visual mix-up. concurrent (\kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃\) and concurrentes (\kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃t\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “concurrent” sits inside “concurrentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32772, 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\. 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 32772, this pair ranks #295,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concurrent vs concurrentes

Shared letters: cenortu. Private to "concurrent": -. Private to "concurrentes": s.

"concurrent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC  ·  "concurrentes" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concurrentcconcurrent · cnocurrent · cocnurrent · conccurrent · concrurent · concurent · concurernt · concurrennt
  • concurrentescconcurrentes · cnocurrentes · cocnurrentes · conccurrentes · concrurentes · concurentes · concurerntes · concurrenets

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concurrent" for "concurrentes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃\ versus \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "concurrent" vs "concurrentes" - which ranks higher?
"concurrent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,625 in our French list, against #23,147 for "concurrentes". 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 "concurrent" 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 #295,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concurrent" 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 #295,065 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