artyvsattTell them apart

Quick tell: arty is a adjective, att is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“arty” is an adjective and “att” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,169
“arty” frequency rank
#21,726
“att” frequency rank
50895
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature arty att
Definition Inclined towards the arts. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.

Letter map: arty vs att

Shared letters muted; letters that set arty and att apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
arty
3 ch
att

Role in the sentence - arty and att

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: arty is anadjective and attanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

arty is recorded at frequency rank #29,169, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈɑː(ɹ)ti/. att is at rank #21,726, tagged as anoun.

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 50895, this pair ranks #170,220 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of arty vs att

Shared letters: at. Private to "arty": ry. Private to "att": -.

"arty" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "att" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • artyarrty · artty · artyy · aryt · atry · raty

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "arty" for "att" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "arty" is an adjective and "att" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "arty" or "att" show up more?
"att" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,726 in our English list, against #29,169 for "arty". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "arty" and "att". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "arty" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "att" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #170,220 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "arty" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arty vs Asta". 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 #170,220 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list