# afán vs an

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### afán
*noun · IPA [aˈfãn] · frequency rank #9,759*
Ansia, solicitud, congoja, anhelo vehemente.

### 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/afan-vs-an