concurrentielvsconcurrentielsWhat's the difference?

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.

13 ch
concurrentiel
14 ch
concurrentiels

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

  • concurrentielcconcurrentiel · cnocurrentiel · cocnurrentiel · conccurrentiel · concrurentiel · concurentiel · concurerntiel · concurrenitel
  • concurrentielscconcurrentiels · cnocurrentiels · cocnurrentiels · conccurrentiels · concrurentiels · concurentiels · concurerntiels · concurrenitels

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concurrentiel" for "concurrentiels" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sjɛl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "concurrentiel" or "concurrentiels" show up more?
"concurrentiel" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,577 in our French list, against #46,667 for "concurrentiels". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list