Which to use
“concede” and “concedes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,370
- “concede” frequency rank
- #33,184
- “concedes” frequency rank
- 48554
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concede | concedes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant | third-person singular simple present indicative of concede |
Where the eye mixes concede and concedes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. concede runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against concedes's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: concede vs concedes
A purely visual mix-up. concede (/kənˈsiːd/) and concedes (/kənˈsiːdz/) 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 “concedes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48554, 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/. concedes is at rank #33,184, tagged as averb, pronounced /kənˈsiːdz/.
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 48554, this pair ranks #191,945 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concede vs concedes
Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "concede": -. Private to "concedes": s.
"concede" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "concedes" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "concede" and "concedes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "concede" vs "concedes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "concede" and "concedes" 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 "concedes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,945 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concede" and "concedes" 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 #191,945 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.