Which to use
“almond” is a noun and “among” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,264
- “almond” frequency rank
- #486
- “among” frequency rank
- 14750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | almond | among |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut. | Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things). |
Where the eye mixes almond and among
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. almond runs 6 letters (VCCVCC) against among's 5 (VCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: almond vs among
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: almond is /ˈɑː.mənd/ while among is /əˈmʌŋ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
almond is recorded at frequency rank #14,264, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɑː.mənd/. among is at rank #486, tagged as aprep, pronounced /əˈmʌŋ/.
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 14750, this pair ranks #468,166 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of almond vs among
Shared letters: amno. Private to "almond": dl. Private to "among": g.
"almond" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "among" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "almond" and "among" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "almond" or "among"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "almond" and "among" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "almond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "among" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #468,166 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "almond" and "among" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "almond vs Alon". 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 #468,166 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.