arr vs at, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“arr” is a noun and “at” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,820
“arr” frequency rank: #21
“at” frequency rank: 28841
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	arr	at
Definition	Abbreviation of arrival.	In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).

Letter map: arr vs at

Shared letters muted; letters that set arr and at apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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arr

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Part-of-speech tell for arr / at

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: arr is anoun and atapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

arr is recorded at frequency rank #28,820, classified as anoun. at is at rank #21, tagged as aprep, pronounced /æt/.

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 28841, this pair ranks #367,864 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of arr vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "arr": r. Private to "at": t.

"arr" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "arr" and "at" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "arr" is a noun and "at" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "arr" vs "at" - which ranks higher?

"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21 in our English list, against #28,820 for "arr". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "arr" and "at". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "arr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #367,864 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"arr" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arr vs arras". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #367,864 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.