concedevsconcedíaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#9,602
“concede” frequency rank
#40,721
“concedía” frequency rank
50323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concede concedía
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conceder. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de conceder.

Where the eye mixes concede and concedía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
concede
8 ch
concedía

Visual trap between concede and concedía

A purely visual mix-up. concede ([kõnˈseð̞e]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concede is recorded at frequency rank #9,602, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnˈseð̞e]. 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 50323, this pair ranks #103,819 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concede vs concedía

Shared letters: cdeno. Private to "concede": -. Private to "concedía": .

"concede" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "concedía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concedecconcede · cnocede · cocnede · conccede · concdee · concedde · conceed · conecde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concede" for "concedía" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõnˈseð̞e] versus [kõnseˈð̞ia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "concede" vs "concedía" - which ranks higher?
"concede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,602 in our Spanish list, against #40,721 for "concedía". 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 "concede" 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 #103,819 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concede" and "concedía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concedan vs concedía". 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 #103,819 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