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

#49,527
“concedan” frequency rank
#40,721
“concedía” frequency rank
90248
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concedan concedía
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de conceder. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de conceder.

Where the eye mixes concedan and concedía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. concedan (CVCCVCVC) and concedía (CVCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
concedan
8 ch
concedía

Visual trap between concedan and concedía

A purely visual mix-up. concedan ([kõnˈseð̞ãn]) and concedía ([kõnseˈð̞ia]) 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 90248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concedan is recorded at frequency rank #49,527, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnˈseð̞ãn]. concedía is at rank #40,721, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnseˈð̞ia].

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 90248, this pair ranks #2,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of concedan vs concedía

Shared letters: acdeno. Private to "concedan": -. Private to "concedía": í.

"concedan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "concedía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concedan ← cconcedan · cnocedan · cocnedan · conccedan · concdean · conceadn · concedann · conceddan

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "concedan" and "concedía" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõnˈseð̞ãn] versus [kõnseˈð̞ia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "concedan" vs "concedía" - which ranks higher?
"concedía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,721 in our Spanish list, against #49,527 for "concedan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concedan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concedía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concedan" and "concedía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concedan vs congelan". 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 #2,624 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