Anton vs Antony, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Anton” and “Antony” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,090
“Anton” frequency rank: #17,537
“Antony” frequency rank: 30627
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Anton	Antony
Definition	A male given name from Latin.	A male given name from Latin, a mostly British spelling variant of Anthony.

Letter map: Anton vs Antony

Shared letters muted; letters that set Anton and Antony apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch

Anton

6 ch

Antony

Corpus notes: Anton and Antony

Anton and Antony are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Anton” sits inside “Antony”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Anton is recorded at frequency rank #13,090, classified as aname. 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 30627, this pair ranks #352,997 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Anton vs Antony

Shared letters: anot. Private to "Anton": -. Private to "Antony": y.

"Anton" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "Antony" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

Anton ← annton · anotn · antno · antonn · antton · atnon · naton
Antony ← anntony · anotny · antnoy · antonny · antonyy · antoyn · anttony · atnony

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Anton" and "Antony" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Anton” sits inside “Antony”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "Anton" vs "Antony" - which ranks higher?

"Anton" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,090 in our English list, against #17,537 for "Antony". 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 "Anton" and "Antony".

Full dictionary entry for "Anton" 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 #352,997 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Anton" and "Antony" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Anjou vs Anton". 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 #352,997 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.