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“concerning” and “condemning” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,221
- “concerning” frequency rank
- #17,326
- “condemning” frequency rank
- 21547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concerning | condemning |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Causing concern; worrying. | Synonym of condemnatory. |
Letter map: concerning vs condemning
Shared letters muted; letters that set concerning and condemning apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. concerning and condemning follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on concerning vs condemning
concerning and condemning are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concerning is recorded at frequency rank #4,221, classified as anadj, pronounced /kənˈsɝnɪŋ/. condemning is at rank #17,326, 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 21547, this pair ranks #423,090 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concerning vs condemning
Shared letters: cegino. Private to "concerning": r. Private to "condemning": dm.
"concerning" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "condemning" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- concerning ← cconcerning · cnocerning · cocnerning · conccerning · concenring · concerinng · concernign · concerningg
- condemning ← ccondemning · cnodemning · codnemning · conddemning · condeminng · condemmning · condemnign · condemningg
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "concerning" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "condemning" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,090 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concerning" and "condemning" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condemning vs condensing". 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 #423,090 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.