Which to use
“conclude” and “concluded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,264
- “conclude” frequency rank
- #3,932
- “concluded” frequency rank
- 12196
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conclude | concluded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To end; to come to an end. | simple past and past participle of conclude |
Where the eye mixes conclude and concluded
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses conclude with concluded
A purely visual mix-up. conclude (/kənˈkluːd/) 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 extra letter(s) - “conclude” sits inside “concluded”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conclude is recorded at frequency rank #8,264, classified as averb, pronounced /kənˈkluːd/. 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 12196, this pair ranks #482,901 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of conclude vs concluded
Shared letters: cdelnou. Private to "conclude": -. Private to "concluded": -.
"conclude" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "concluded" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conclude" and "concluded" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conclude" vs "concluded" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "conclude" and "concluded" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conclude" 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 #482,901 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conclude" and "concluded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conclude vs Concorde". 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 #482,901 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.