ani

/aˈni/

//aˈni// noun

The verdict

“ani” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #26,695) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#26,695
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anís.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ani · ani · Spanish

ani · rank #26,695 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,695
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH angelito

Nearest frequency peer: angelito (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “ani”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “ani” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ani vs ay
33% similar
ani vs as
33% similar
ani vs at
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ani
PropertyValue
Headwordani
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aˈni/
Letters3
Frequency rank#26,695
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “ani”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).anicae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “angelito” (#26,694), “animador” (#26,696), “andante” (#26,693). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “ani” va en #26,695. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ani is neighbouring look-alikes ("ay", "as", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /aˈni/. Frequency #26,695 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Anís.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ani, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ay", "as", "at", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ani, spelled A-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anís.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ani"?
"ani" is spelled A-N-I. The IPA pronunciation is /aˈni/.
What does "ani" mean?
As a noun, "ani" means: Anís.
What words are commonly confused with "ani"?
"ani" is commonly confused with "ay", "as", "at". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ani"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ani" is /aˈni/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ani" come from?
"ani" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ani", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list