Which to use
“concepção” and “concessão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,278
- “concepção” frequency rank
- #4,297
- “concessão” frequency rank
- 10575
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concepção | concessão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de conceber: | privilégio, direito ou vantagem concedida em favor de outro |
Letter map: concepção vs concessão
Shared letters muted; letters that set concepção and concessão apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. concepção and concessão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - concepção / concessão
concepção and concessão are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concepção is recorded at frequency rank #6,278, classified as anoun. concessão is at rank #4,297, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kõ.sɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 10575, this pair ranks #62,478 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concepção vs concessão
Shared letters: cenoã. Private to "concepção": pç. Private to "concessão": s.
"concepção" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "concessão" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "concepção" vs "concessão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "concepção" and "concessão". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "concepção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concessão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,478 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concepção" and "concessão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concessão vs condessa". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #62,478 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.