Which to use
“concede” and “conclude” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,370
- “concede” frequency rank
- #8,264
- “conclude” frequency rank
- 23634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concede | conclude |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant | To end; to come to an end. |
Where the eye mixes concede and conclude
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between concede and conclude
A purely visual mix-up. concede (/kənˈsiːd/) and conclude (/kənˈkluːd/) 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 23634, 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/. conclude is at rank #8,264, tagged as averb, pronounced /kənˈkluːd/.
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 23634, this pair ranks #407,886 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concede vs conclude
Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "concede": -. Private to "conclude": lu.
"concede" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "conclude" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concede" for "conclude" ever safe?
Frequency check: "concede" vs "conclude" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "concede" and "conclude" 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 "conclude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,886 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concede" and "conclude" 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 #407,886 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.