# alone vs anon

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### alone
*adjective · IPA /əˈləʊn/ · frequency rank #703*
By oneself, solitary.

### anon
*adverb · IPA /əˈnɑn/ · frequency rank #18,756*
Straight away; at once.

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