# conceited

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #33,585

## Definitions
1. Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
2. Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
3. Endowed with fancy or imagination.
4. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.

## Etymology
From conceit + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **conceive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceited-vs-conceive)
- **concerned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceited-vs-concerned)
- **connected** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceited-vs-connected)
- **converted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceited-vs-converted)
- **conceived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceited-vs-conceived)
- **concerted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceited-vs-concerted)
- **congested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceited-vs-congested)
- **consented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceited-vs-consented)
- **contented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceited-vs-contented)
- **conceit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceit-vs-conceited)
- **conceded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceded-vs-conceited)
- **concealed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concealed-vs-conceited)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cconceited`, `cnoceited`, `cocneited`, `concceited`, `conceietd`, `conceitde`, `conceitedd`, `conceitted`, `concetied`, `concieted`, `conecited`, `connceited`, `ocnceited`

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