concebidovsconcedióConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
concebido
8 ch
concedió

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?
No. They are said differently ([kõnseˈβ̞ið̞o] versus [kõnseˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "concebido" or "concedió" show up more?
"concedió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,264 in our Spanish list, against #13,415 for "concebido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list