# conceal

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈsiːl/ · frequency rank #14,496

## Definitions
1. To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

## Etymology
From Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concelāre, infinitive of concelō (“carefully disguise”).

## Easily confused with
- **concept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-concept)
- **concern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-concern)
- **concert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-concert)
- **concede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-concede)
- **conical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-conical)
- **Connell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-connell)
- **conceit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-conceit)
- **corneal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-corneal)
- **concealed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-concealed)
- **concealer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-concealer)
- **cancel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cancel-vs-conceal)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cconceal`, `cnoceal`, `cocneal`, `concael`, `concceal`, `conceall`, `concela`, `conecal`, `connceal`, `ocnceal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/conceal