# anon

> English word · Adverb · IPA /əˈnɑn/ · frequency rank #18,756

## Definitions
1. Straight away; at once.
2. Soon; in a little while.
3. At another time; then; again.

## Etymology
From Middle English anoon, anon, anan (literally “in one (moment)”), from on (“in”) + ān (“one”). See on and one.

## Easily confused with
- **ao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-ao)
- **any** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-any)
- **ant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-ant)
- **ans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-ans)
- **AOL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-aol)
- **AOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-aoc)
- **Ayn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-ayn)
- **ATO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-ato)
- **ASO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-aso)
- **aro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-aro)
- **ARN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-arn)
- **ants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-ants)
- **atom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-atom)
- **atop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-atop)
- **Avon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-avon)
- **ante** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-ante)
- **anus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-anus)
- **Aron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-aron)
- **Anya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-anya)
- **Arun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-arun)

## Common misspellings (5)
`anno`, `annon`, `anonn`, `aonn`, `naon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/anon