Array vs away, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#39,207
“Array” frequency rank: #15,565
“away” frequency rank: 54772
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Array	away
Definition	Anordnung von gleichartigen Elementen in einer festgelegten Art und Weise	weg, fort, abwesend

Letter map: Array vs away

Shared letters muted; letters that set Array and away apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

Array

4 ch

away

Grammar separator: Array vs away

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Array is anoun and awayanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Array is recorded at frequency rank #39,207, classified as anoun, pronounced [əˈʁɛɪ̯]. away is at rank #15,565, tagged as anadv, 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 54772, this pair ranks #1,005,673 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Array vs away

Shared letters: ay. Private to "Array": r. Private to "away": w.

"Array" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "away" · 4 letters · shape VCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

Array ← arary · aray · arrayy · arrya · raray
away ← aawy · awayy · awway · awya · waay

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Array" for "away" ever safe?

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

Frequency check: "Array" vs "away" - which ranks higher?

"away" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,565 in our German list, against #39,207 for "Array". 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 "Array" and "away".

Full dictionary entry for "Array" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "away" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,005,673 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Array" and "away" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arma vs Array". 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 #1,005,673 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.