Adán vs aún, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Adán” is a name and “aún” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,292
“Adán” frequency rank: #240
“aún” frequency rank: 12532
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Adán	aún
Definition	Nombre de pila de varón.	Indica que el hecho persiste en el presente, aunque pueda cambiar en lo sucesivo..

Where the eye mixes Adán and aún

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch

Adán

3 ch

aún

Look-alike desk: Adán vs aún

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Adán is [aˈð̞ãn] while aún is [aˈũn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12532, 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]. aún is at rank #240, tagged as anadv, pronounced [aˈũn].

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 12532, this pair ranks #291,207 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Adán vs aún

Shared letters: an. Private to "Adán": dá. Private to "aún": ú.

"Adán" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "aún" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Adán" and "aún" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Adán" is a name and "aún" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Spanish text, does "Adán" or "aún" show up more?

"aún" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #240 in our Spanish list, against #12,292 for "Adán". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Adán" and "aún" 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 "aún" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #291,207 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Adán" and "aún" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Adán vs aslan". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #291,207 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.