ae vs aún, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#20,556
“ae” frequency rank: #240
“aún” frequency rank: 20796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ae	aún
Definition	Por causa de.	Indica que el hecho persiste en el presente, aunque pueda cambiar en lo sucesivo..

Where the eye mixes ae and aún

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

2 ch

3 ch

aún

Look-alike desk: ae vs aún

A purely visual mix-up. ae (/aˈe/) and aún ([aˈũn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ae is recorded at frequency rank #20,556, classified as anadv, pronounced /aˈe/. 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 20796, this pair ranks #257,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ae vs aún

Shared letters: a. Private to "ae": e. Private to "aún": nú.

"ae" · 2 letters · shape VV · "aún" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ae" for "aún" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (/aˈe/ versus [aˈũn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "ae" vs "aún" - which ranks higher?

"aún" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #240 in our Spanish list, against #20,556 for "ae". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "ae" 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 #257,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ae" and "aún" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abed vs ae". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #257,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.