Which to use
“concebido” and “concedió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,415
- “concebido” frequency rank
- #9,264
- “concedió” frequency rank
- 22679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concebido | concedió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de concebir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de conceder. |
Where the eye mixes concebido and concedió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. concebido runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against concedió's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: concebido vs concedió
A purely visual mix-up. concebido ([kõnseˈβ̞ið̞o]) and concedió ([kõnseˈð̞jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concebido is recorded at frequency rank #13,415, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnseˈβ̞ið̞o]. concedió is at rank #9,264, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnseˈð̞jo].
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 22679, this pair ranks #249,218 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concebido vs concedió
Shared letters: cdeino. Private to "concebido": b. Private to "concedió": ó.
"concebido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "concedió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- concebido ← cconcebido · cnocebido · cocnebido · concbeido · conccebido · concebbido · concebdio · concebiddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "concebido" for "concedió" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "concebido" or "concedió" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "concebido" and "concedió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "concebido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concedió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,218 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concebido" and "concedió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concedan vs concedió". 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 #249,218 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.