Which to use
“at” is a preposition and “att” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21
- “at” frequency rank
- #21,726
- “att” frequency rank
- 21747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | at | att |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place). | A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip. |
Letter map: at vs att
Shared letters muted; letters that set at and att apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for at / att
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: at is apreposition and attanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “at” sits inside “att”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
at is recorded at frequency rank #21, classified as aprep, pronounced /æt/. 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 21747, this pair ranks #421,647 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of at vs att
Shared letters: at. Private to "at": -. Private to "att": -.
"at" · 2 letters · shape VC · "att" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "at" and "att" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "at" or "att" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "at" and "att". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "at" 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 #421,647 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "at" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Asta vs att". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #421,647 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.