Which to use
“concede” and “conceded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,370
- “concede” frequency rank
- #12,391
- “conceded” frequency rank
- 27761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concede | conceded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant | simple past and past participle of concede |
Where the eye mixes concede and conceded
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses concede with conceded
A purely visual mix-up. concede (/kənˈsiːd/) 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 extra letter(s) - “concede” sits inside “conceded”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concede is recorded at frequency rank #15,370, classified as averb, pronounced /kənˈsiːd/. 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 27761, this pair ranks #376,320 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concede vs conceded
Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "concede": -. Private to "conceded": -.
"concede" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "conceded" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concede" and "conceded" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "concede" or "conceded" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "concede" and "conceded" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "concede" 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 #376,320 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concede" and "conceded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concede vs conde". 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 #376,320 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.