Which to use
“Anthony” and “Antony” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,541
- “Anthony” frequency rank
- #17,537
- “Antony” frequency rank
- 21078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Anthony | Antony |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A male given name from Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages. | A male given name from Latin, a mostly British spelling variant of Anthony. |
Same sound, different letters: Anthony vs Antony
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - Anthony / Antony
This is the hard kind. Anthony and Antony are pronounced identically (/ˈæntəni/) and both work as aname. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Anthony is recorded at frequency rank #3,541, classified as aname, pronounced /ˈæntəni/. Antony is at rank #17,537, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈæntəni/.
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 21078, this pair ranks #426,565 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Anthony vs Antony
Shared letters: anoty. Private to "Anthony": h. Private to "Antony": -.
"Anthony" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "Antony" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Anthony" and "Antony" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Anthony" or "Antony"?
After this comparison
"Anthony" and "Antony" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "Anthony" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Antony" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,565 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Anthony" and "Antony" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anion vs Antony". 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 #426,565 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.