Which to use
“conceded” is a verb and “concerted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,391
- “conceded” frequency rank
- #20,318
- “concerted” frequency rank
- 32709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conceded | concerted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of concede | Performed through a concert of effort; done by agreement or in combination. |
Letter map: conceded vs concerted
Shared letters muted; letters that set conceded and concerted apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Role in the sentence - conceded and concerted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conceded is averb and concertedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32709, 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/. concerted is at rank #20,318, 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 32709, this pair ranks #335,569 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conceded vs concerted
Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "conceded": -. Private to "concerted": rt.
"conceded" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "concerted" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "conceded" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concerted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,569 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conceded" and "concerted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concerted vs contorted". 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 #335,569 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.