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

#8,778
“concedido” frequency rank
#40,206
“concediendo” frequency rank
48984
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concedido concediendo
Definition Participio de conceder. Gerundio de conceder.

Where the eye mixes concedido and concediendo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
concedido
11 ch
concediendo

Why the eye confuses concedido with concediendo

A purely visual mix-up. concedido ([kõnseˈð̞ið̞o]) and concediendo ([kõnseˈð̞jẽn̪d̪o]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concedido is recorded at frequency rank #8,778, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnseˈð̞ið̞o]. concediendo is at rank #40,206, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnseˈð̞jẽn̪d̪o].

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 48984, this pair ranks #111,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concedido vs concediendo

Shared letters: cdeino. Private to "concedido": -. Private to "concediendo": -.

"concedido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "concediendo" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concedidocconcedido · cnocedido · cocnedido · conccedido · concdeido · conceddido · conceddio · concediddo
  • concediendocconcediendo · cnocediendo · cocnediendo · conccediendo · concdeiendo · conceddiendo · concedeindo · concediedno

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concedido" and "concediendo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõnseˈð̞ið̞o] versus [kõnseˈð̞jẽn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "concedido" vs "concediendo" - which ranks higher?
"concedido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,778 in our Spanish list, against #40,206 for "concediendo". 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 "concedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concediendo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #111,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concedido" and "concediendo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concediendo vs conteniendo". 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 #111,422 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