# conceive

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈsiːv/ · frequency rank #17,107

## Definitions
1. To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
2. To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
3. To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of.
4. To understand (someone).

## Etymology
From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).

## Easily confused with
- **concise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceive-vs-concise)
- **conserve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceive-vs-conserve)
- **conclave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceive-vs-conclave)
- **conceived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceive-vs-conceived)
- **concede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concede-vs-conceive)
- **concave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concave-vs-conceive)
- **conceit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceit-vs-conceive)
- **conceited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceited-vs-conceive)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cconceive`, `cnoceive`, `cocneive`, `concceive`, `conceiev`, `conceivve`, `concevie`, `concieve`, `conecive`, `connceive`, `ocnceive`

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