concurrentevsconcurrentesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#24,915
“concurrente” frequency rank
#23,147
“concurrentes” frequency rank
48062
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concurrente concurrentes
Definition Celle qui poursuit une même chose, et en même temps qu’un autre. Féminin pluriel de concurrent.

Same sound, different letters: concurrente vs concurrentes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters.

11 ch
concurrente
12 ch
concurrentes

Homophone desk: concurrente vs concurrentes

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: concurrente and concurrentes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃t\. 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) - “concurrente” sits inside “concurrentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concurrente is recorded at frequency rank #24,915, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃t\. 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 48062, this pair ranks #181,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concurrente vs concurrentes

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concurrentecconcurrente · cnocurrente · cocnurrente · conccurrente · concrurente · concurente · concurernte · concurrenet
  • concurrentescconcurrentes · cnocurrentes · cocnurrentes · conccurrentes · concrurentes · concurentes · concurerntes · concurrenets

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concurrente" and "concurrentes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "concurrente" is a noun and "concurrentes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "concurrente" vs "concurrentes" - which ranks higher?
"concurrentes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,147 in our French list, against #24,915 for "concurrente". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"concurrente" and "concurrentes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concurrente" 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 #181,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concurrente" 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 #181,960 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