Which to use
“concealed” and “conceded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,830
- “concealed” frequency rank
- #12,391
- “conceded” frequency rank
- 23221
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concealed | conceded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of conceal | simple past and past participle of concede |
Where the eye mixes concealed and conceded
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: concealed vs conceded
A purely visual mix-up. concealed (/kənˈsiːld/) and conceded (/kənˈsiːdɪd/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23221, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concealed is recorded at frequency rank #10,830, classified as averb, pronounced /kənˈsiːld/. conceded is at rank #12,391, tagged as averb, pronounced /kənˈsiːdɪd/.
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 23221, this pair ranks #410,842 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concealed vs conceded
Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "concealed": al. Private to "conceded": -.
"concealed" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "conceded" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concealed" and "conceded" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "concealed" or "conceded"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "concealed" and "conceded" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "concealed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conceded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,842 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concealed" and "conceded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conceded vs conceited". 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 #410,842 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.