Which to use
“concede” and “confide” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,370
- “concede” frequency rank
- #32,742
- “confide” frequency rank
- 48112
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concede | confide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant | To trust, have faith (in). |
Where the eye mixes concede and confide
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: concede vs confide
A purely visual mix-up. concede (/kənˈsiːd/) and confide (/kənˈfaɪd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48112, 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/. confide is at rank #32,742, tagged as averb, pronounced /kənˈfaɪd/.
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 48112, this pair ranks #196,167 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concede vs confide
Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "concede": -. Private to "confide": fi.
"concede" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "confide" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concede" for "confide" ever safe?
Frequency check: "concede" vs "confide" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "concede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,167 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concede" and "confide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conde vs confide". 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 #196,167 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.