antes
[ˈãn̪t̪es]
The verdict
“antes” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #114 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #114
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indica que algo tiene lugar primero o previo en un orden de sucesión en el espacio.
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) |
Where “antes” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for antes is 5 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈãn̪t̪es]. Corpus data places it at rank #114 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “antes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-N-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈãn̪t̪es] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ate” - see the side-by-side comparison. antes vs ate
- 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.