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“concebidas” and “concedidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,214
“concebidas” frequency rank
#33,029
“concedidos” frequency rank
78243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concebidas concedidos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de concebido, participio de concebir. Forma del plural de concedido, participio de conceder.

Where the eye mixes concebidas and concedidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
concebidas
10 ch
concedidos

Visual trap between concebidas and concedidos

A purely visual mix-up. concebidas ([kõnseˈβ̞ið̞as]) and concedidos ([kõnseˈð̞ið̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concebidas is recorded at frequency rank #45,214, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnseˈβ̞ið̞as]. concedidos is at rank #33,029, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnseˈð̞ið̞os].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 78243, this pair ranks #14,750 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of concebidas vs concedidos

Shared letters: cdeinos. Private to "concebidas": ab. Private to "concedidos": -.

"concebidas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "concedidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concebidascconcebidas · cnocebidas · cocnebidas · concbeidas · conccebidas · concebbidas · concebdias · concebiads
  • concedidoscconcedidos · cnocedidos · cocnedidos · conccedidos · concdeidos · conceddidos · conceddios · concediddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concebidas" for "concedidos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõnseˈβ̞ið̞as] versus [kõnseˈð̞ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "concebidas" or "concedidos" show up more?
"concedidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,029 in our Spanish list, against #45,214 for "concebidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concebidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concedidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,750 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concebidas" and "concedidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concebidas vs concluidas". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #14,750 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list