Which to use
“conceded” is a verb and “conceited” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,391
- “conceded” frequency rank
- #33,585
- “conceited” frequency rank
- 45976
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conceded | conceited |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of concede | Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain. |
Letter map: conceded vs conceited
Shared letters muted; letters that set conceded and conceited apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. conceded runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against conceited's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - conceded and conceited
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conceded is averb and conceitedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conceded is recorded at frequency rank #12,391, classified as averb, pronounced /kənˈsiːdɪd/. 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 45976, this pair ranks #216,180 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conceded vs conceited
Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "conceded": -. Private to "conceited": it.
"conceded" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "conceited" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conceded" and "conceited" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "conceded" vs "conceited" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "conceded" and "conceited".
- Full dictionary entry for "conceded" 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 #216,180 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conceded" 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 #216,180 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.