André
[ãn̪ˈd̪ɾe]
The verdict
“André” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #12,297 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #12,297
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón.
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 | André |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ãn̪ˈd̪ɾe] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “André” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for André is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãn̪ˈd̪ɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,297 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for André, with forms such as "adnré", "anddré", and "andrré". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "are", "ante", "Andy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is André, spelled A-N-D-R-É.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adnré,anddré,andrré,andér,anndré,anrdé,nadré
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of André - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “André”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-N-D-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ãn̪ˈd̪ɾe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “are” - see the side-by-side comparison. André vs are
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.