Which to use
“concurrentiel” and “concurrentiels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,577
- “concurrentiel” frequency rank
- #46,667
- “concurrentiels” frequency rank
- 68244
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concurrentiel | concurrentiels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Où il y a de la concurrence, qui comporte des concurrents. | Masculin pluriel de concurrentiel. |
Same sound, different letters: concurrentiel vs concurrentiels
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters.
Homophone desk: concurrentiel vs concurrentiels
This is the hard kind. concurrentiel and concurrentiels are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sjɛl\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “concurrentiel” sits inside “concurrentiels”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concurrentiel is recorded at frequency rank #21,577, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sjɛl\. concurrentiels is at rank #46,667, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sjɛl\.
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 68244, this pair ranks #59,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of concurrentiel vs concurrentiels
Shared letters: ceilnortu. Private to "concurrentiel": -. Private to "concurrentiels": s.
"concurrentiel" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVVC · "concurrentiels" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concurrentiel ← cconcurrentiel · cnocurrentiel · cocnurrentiel · conccurrentiel · concrurentiel · concurentiel · concurerntiel · concurrenitel
- concurrentiels ← cconcurrentiels · cnocurrentiels · cocnurrentiels · conccurrentiels · concrurentiels · concurentiels · concurerntiels · concurrenitels
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concurrentiel" for "concurrentiels" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "concurrentiel" or "concurrentiels" show up more?
Useful next steps
"concurrentiel" and "concurrentiels" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "concurrentiel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concurrentiels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concurrentiel" and "concurrentiels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concurrentielle 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 #59,940 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.