# concept

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒn.sɛpt/ · frequency rank #1,751

## Definitions
1. An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
2. Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
3. A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French concept, from Latin conceptus (“a thought, purpose, also a conceiving, etc.”), from concipiō (“to take in, conceive”). Doublet of conceit and concetto. See conceive.

## Easily confused with
- **content** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-content)
- **concern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-concern)
- **context** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-context)
- **concert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-concert)
- **contest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-contest)
- **connect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-connect)
- **consent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-consent)
- **convert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-convert)
- **convent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-convent)
- **contempt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-contempt)
- **concerto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-concerto)
- **conceal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-concept)
- **concede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concede-vs-concept)
- **conceit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceit-vs-concept)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cconcept`, `cnocept`, `cocnept`, `conccept`, `conceppt`, `conceptt`, `concetp`, `concpet`, `conecpt`, `conncept`, `ocncept`

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