# afterward vs afterwards

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### afterward
*adverb · IPA /ˈɑːftə.wəd/ · frequency rank #9,131*
Alternative form of afterwards.

### afterwards
*adverb · IPA /ˈɑːftə.wədz/ · frequency rank #3,463*
At a later or succeeding time; after that;

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/afterward-vs-afterwards