antes
[ˈãn̪t̪es]
The verdict
“antes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #114
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indica que algo tiene lugar primero o previo en un orden de sucesión en el espacio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-antes · antes · Spanish
antes · rank #114 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #114
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH poco
Nearest frequency peer: poco (+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 “antes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- personas
personas
99,890 corpus weight
- tanto
tanto
99,889 corpus weight
- antes
antes
99,887 corpus weight
- poco
poco
99,886 corpus weight
- sea
sea
99,885 corpus weight
- había
había
99,884 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “antes” 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 | antes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈãn̪t̪es] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “antes” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around antes (IPA [ˈãn̪t̪es]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #114 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Indica que algo tiene lugar primero o previo en un orden de sucesión en el espacio.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for antes, with forms such as "anets", "anntes", and "antess". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ate", "arte", "anti", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 antes, spelled A-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Indica que algo tiene lugar primero o previo en un orden de sucesión en el espacio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how antes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En Europa, de sur a norte, España está antes que Francia.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anets
- anntes
- antess
- antse
- anttes
- atnes
- nates
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antes - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "antes" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ate". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #114 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.