Which to use
“conceit” is a noun and “conceited” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,084
- “conceit” frequency rank
- #33,585
- “conceited” frequency rank
- 69669
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conceit | conceited |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought. | Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain. |
Letter map: conceit vs conceited
Shared letters muted; letters that set conceit and conceited apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Grammar separator: conceit vs conceited
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conceit is anoun and conceitedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “conceit” sits inside “conceited”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69669, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conceit is recorded at frequency rank #36,084, classified as anoun, pronounced /kənˈsiːt/. 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 69669, this pair ranks #53,607 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conceit vs conceited
Shared letters: ceinot. Private to "conceit": -. Private to "conceited": d.
"conceit" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "conceited" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "conceit" 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 #53,607 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conceit" and "conceited" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conceited vs contented". 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 #53,607 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.