concurrentiellevsconcurrentielsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#41,189
“concurrentielle” frequency rank
#46,667
“concurrentiels” frequency rank
87856
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concurrentielle concurrentiels
Definition Féminin singulier de concurrentiel. Masculin pluriel de concurrentiel.

Same sound, different letters: concurrentielle vs concurrentiels

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters.

15 ch
concurrentielle
14 ch
concurrentiels

Ear matches; page differs - concurrentielle and concurrentiels

This is the hard kind. concurrentielle 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concurrentielle is recorded at frequency rank #41,189, 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 87856, this pair ranks #7,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of concurrentielle vs concurrentiels

Shared letters: ceilnortu. Private to "concurrentielle": -. Private to "concurrentiels": s.

"concurrentielle" · 15 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVVCCV  ·  "concurrentiels" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concurrentiellecconcurrentielle · cnocurrentielle · cocnurrentielle · conccurrentielle · concrurentielle · concurentielle · concurerntielle · concurrenitelle
  • concurrentielscconcurrentiels · cnocurrentiels · cocnurrentiels · conccurrentiels · concrurentiels · concurentiels · concurerntiels · concurrenitels

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concurrentielle" 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 "concurrentielle" or "concurrentiels" show up more?
"concurrentielle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,189 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.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concurrentielle" 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 #7,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concurrentielle" and "concurrentiels" 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 #7,710 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