AntunvsbyConfusable pair

Quick tell: Antun is a name, by is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Antun” is a name and “by” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,610
“Antun” frequency rank
#1,627
“by” frequency rank
12237
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Antun by
Definition kroatischer männlicher Vorname Stadt

Letter map: Antun vs by

Shared letters muted; letters that set Antun and by apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

5 ch
Antun
2 ch
by

Part-of-speech tell for Antun / by

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Antun is aname and byanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Antun is recorded at frequency rank #10,610, classified as aname, pronounced […]. by is at rank #1,627, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 12237, this pair ranks #1,965,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Antun vs by

Shared letters: none. Private to "Antun": antu. Private to "by": by.

"Antun" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "by" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Antunanntun · antnu · anttun · antunn · anutn · atnun · natun

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Antun" and "by" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Antun" is a name and "by" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Antun" or "by"?
"by" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,627 in our German list, against #10,610 for "Antun". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Antun" and "by".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Antun" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "by" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,965,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Antun" and "by" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Antun vs puzzles". 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 #1,965,398 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list