Which to use
“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.
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
- concurrent ← cconcurrent · cnocurrent · cocnurrent · conccurrent · concrurent · concurent · concurernt · concurrennt
- concurrentes ← cconcurrentes · cnocurrentes · cocnurrentes · conccurrentes · concrurentes · concurentes · concurerntes · concurrenets
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concurrent" for "concurrentes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "concurrent" vs "concurrentes" - which ranks higher?
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.