Any time or anytime?
any time is an adverb meaning “Alternative spelling of anytime”; anytime is an adverb meaning “At any time”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. any time is written as two words and anytime as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between any time and anytime?
| any time | anytime | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adverb, interjection | adverb, interjection, adjective |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of anytime | At any time informalA form of you're welcome in response to thank you or thanks suitable for any time; not associated with any particular time |
| Example | none recorded | I don’t like beer much. Give me a fine wine anytime |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 15 times per million words |
Sources: any time and anytime in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of any time and anytime
any time
- 1
Alternative spelling of anytime
- 2
Alternative spelling of anytime
anytime
- 1
At any time
I don’t like beer much. Give me a fine wine anytime
- 2
informalA form of you're welcome in response to thank you or thanks
Thanks so much for looking after grandpa. ~ That’s all right. Any time, dawg
- 3
suitable for any time; not associated with any particular time
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, any time or anytime?
any time is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; anytime 15 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search any time vs anytime?
“any time vs anytime” is searched about 280 times a month on Bing (Google reports it together with close variants, so it has no figure of its own) in the United States.
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.