# ae vs an

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### ae
*adverb · IPA /aˈe/ · frequency rank #20,556*
Por causa de.

### an
*noun · IPA [an] · frequency rank #3,030*
Año.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/ae-vs-an