anytime
"anytime" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anytime” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,187 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #5,187
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - At any time.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anytime |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anytime” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for anytime is 7 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #5,187 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "At any time.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for anytime, with forms such as "annytime", "antyime", and "anyitme". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "airtime", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English any time, ony tyme, from Old English ǣniġum tīman, equivalent to any + time. The correct English form is anytime, spelled A-N-Y-T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1At any time.
Etymology
From Middle English any time, ony tyme, from Old English ǣniġum tīman, equivalent to any + time.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: annytime,antyime,anyitme,anytiem,anytimme,anytmie,anyttime,anyytime,ayntime,naytime
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anytime - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “anytime”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-Y-T-I-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “airtime” - see the side-by-side comparison. anytime vs airtime
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.