Which to use
“conceded” and “concluded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,391
- “conceded” frequency rank
- #3,932
- “concluded” frequency rank
- 16323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conceded | concluded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of concede | simple past and past participle of conclude |
Where the eye mixes conceded and concluded
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses conceded with concluded
A purely visual mix-up. conceded (/kənˈsiːdɪd/) and concluded (/kənˈkluː.dɪd/) 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 16323, 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/. concluded is at rank #3,932, tagged as averb, pronounced /kənˈkluː.dɪd/.
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 16323, this pair ranks #458,483 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conceded vs concluded
Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "conceded": -. Private to "concluded": lu.
"conceded" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "concluded" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conceded" for "concluded" ever safe?
Which is more common, "conceded" or "concluded"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "conceded" and "concluded" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conceded" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concluded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #458,483 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conceded" and "concluded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conceded 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 #458,483 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.