# any vs ate

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### any
*adverb · IPA /ɛni/ · frequency rank #90*
To even the slightest extent, at all.

### ate
*verb · IPA /eɪt/ · frequency rank #3,999*
simple past of eat

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/any-vs-ate