Which to use
“concert” is a verb and “concerted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,721
- “concert” frequency rank
- #20,318
- “concerted” frequency rank
- 23039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concert | concerted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation. | Performed through a concert of effort; done by agreement or in combination. |
Letter map: concert vs concerted
Shared letters muted; letters that set concert and concerted apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. concert runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against concerted's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - concert and concerted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: concert is averb and concertedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “concert” sits inside “concerted”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concert is recorded at frequency rank #2,721, classified as averb, pronounced /kənˈsɜːt/. 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 23039, this pair ranks #412,173 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concert vs concerted
Shared letters: cenort. Private to "concert": -. Private to "concerted": d.
"concert" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "concerted" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "concert" and "concerted". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "concert" 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 #412,173 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concert" 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 #412,173 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.