antaño
[ãn̪ˈt̪aɲo]
The verdict
“antaño” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,755
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - En tiempo pasado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-antano · antaño · Spanish
antaño · rank #12,755 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,755
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Anita
Nearest frequency peer: Anita (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “antaño”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- amabilidad
amabilidad
87,250 corpus weight
- Amanda
Amanda
87,249 corpus weight
- Anita
Anita
87,247 corpus weight
- antaño
antaño
87,246 corpus weight
- apartamentos
apartamentos
87,244 corpus weight
- apelaciones
apelaciones
87,243 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “antaño” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | antaño |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ãn̪ˈt̪aɲo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “antaño” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around antaño (IPA [ãn̪ˈt̪aɲo]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #12,755 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "En tiempo pasado.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for antaño, with forms such as "anatño", "anntaño", and "antaoñ". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Atan", "Anto", "atado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is antaño, spelled A-N-T-A-Ñ-O.
Definition
- 1En tiempo pasado.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how antaño appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Antaño no había televisión en las casas.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anatño
- anntaño
- antaoñ
- anttaño
- antñao
- atnaño
- nataño
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antaño - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "antaño", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.