AdánvsAmatTell them apart

Which to use

“Adán” and “Amat” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,292
“Adán” frequency rank
#34,873
“Amat” frequency rank
47165
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Adán Amat
Definition Nombre de pila de varón. Apellido

Where the eye mixes Adán and Amat

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

4 ch
Adán
4 ch
Amat

Look-alike desk: Adán vs Amat

A purely visual mix-up. Adán ([aˈð̞ãn]) and Amat ([aˈmat̪]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Adán is recorded at frequency rank #12,292, classified as aname, pronounced [aˈð̞ãn]. Amat is at rank #34,873, tagged as aname, pronounced [aˈmat̪].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 47165, this pair ranks #121,584 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Adán vs Amat

Shared letters: a. Private to "Adán": dná. Private to "Amat": mt.

"Adán" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "Amat" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Amataamt · amatt · ammat

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Adán" and "Amat" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aˈð̞ãn] versus [aˈmat̪]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Adán" vs "Amat" - which ranks higher?
"Adán" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,292 in our Spanish list, against #34,873 for "Amat". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Adán" and "Amat" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Adán" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Amat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #121,584 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Adán" and "Amat" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amaste vs Amat". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #121,584 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list