adi vs an, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“adi” is a noun and “an” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,985
“adi” frequency rank: #26
“an” frequency rank: 29011
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	adi	an
Definition	jüngeres Geschwister	bestimmt ein Ziel, einen Zielpunkt, mit welchem etw. in Berührung kommt

Letter map: adi vs an

Shared letters muted; letters that set adi and an apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

adi

2 ch

Role in the sentence - adi and an

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: adi is anoun and anapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adi is recorded at frequency rank #28,985, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. an is at rank #26, tagged as aprep, pronounced [an].

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 29011, this pair ranks #1,774,622 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of adi vs an

Shared letters: a. Private to "adi": di. Private to "an": n.

"adi" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "an" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "adi" and "an" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "adi" is a noun and "an" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "adi" vs "an" - which ranks higher?

"an" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26 in our German list, against #28,985 for "adi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "adi" and "an".

Full dictionary entry for "adi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "an" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,774,622 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"adi" and "an" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adi vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,774,622 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.