Which to use
“at” is a preposition and “atta” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21
- “at” frequency rank
- #29,174
- “atta” frequency rank
- 29195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | at | atta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place). | that's the; that's a |
Letter map: at vs atta
Shared letters muted; letters that set at and atta apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - at and atta
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: at is apreposition and attaacontraction. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “at” sits inside “atta”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
at is recorded at frequency rank #21, classified as aprep, pronounced /æt/. atta is at rank #29,174, tagged as acontraction.
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 29195, this pair ranks #365,035 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of at vs atta
Shared letters: at. Private to "at": -. Private to "atta": -.
"at" · 2 letters · shape VC · "atta" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- atta ← atat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "at" and "atta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "at" or "atta" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "at" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,035 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "at" and "atta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Asta vs atta". 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 #365,035 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.