Which to use
“concealed” is a verb and “conceited” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,830
- “concealed” frequency rank
- #33,585
- “conceited” frequency rank
- 44415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concealed | conceited |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of conceal | Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain. |
Letter map: concealed vs conceited
Shared letters muted; letters that set concealed and conceited apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. concealed and conceited follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: concealed vs conceited
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: concealed is averb and conceitedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44415, 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/. conceited is at rank #33,585, tagged as anadj.
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 44415, this pair ranks #230,759 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concealed vs conceited
Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "concealed": al. Private to "conceited": it.
"concealed" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "conceited" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "concealed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conceited" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,759 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concealed" and "conceited" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conceit 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 #230,759 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.