# concise

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kənˈsaɪs/ · frequency rank #15,782

## Definitions
1. Brief, yet including all important information.
2. Physically short or truncated.

## Etymology
From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).

## Easily confused with
- **Connie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concise-vs-connie)
- **consist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concise-vs-consist)
- **confuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concise-vs-confuse)
- **confine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concise-vs-confine)
- **confide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concise-vs-confide)
- **concede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concede-vs-concise)
- **concave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concave-vs-concise)
- **coincide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coincide-vs-concise)
- **conceive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceive-vs-concise)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cconcise`, `cnocise`, `cocnise`, `conccise`, `concies`, `concisse`, `concsie`, `conicse`, `conncise`, `ocncise`

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