andanvsannTell them apart

Quick tell: andan is a verb, ann is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“andan” is a verb and “ann” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,460
“andan” frequency rank
#10,446
“ann” frequency rank
15906
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature andan ann
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de andar o de andarse. Ahí, allí.

Letter map: andan vs ann

Shared letters muted; letters that set andan and ann apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
andan
3 ch
ann

Part-of-speech tell for andan / ann

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: andan is averb and annanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

andan is recorded at frequency rank #5,460, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈãn̪d̪ãn]. ann is at rank #10,446, tagged as anadv.

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 15906, this pair ranks #278,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of andan vs ann

Shared letters: an. Private to "andan": d. Private to "ann": -.

"andan" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "ann" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • andanadnan · anadn · andann · anddan · andna · anndan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "andan" for "ann" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "andan" is a verb and "ann" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "andan" or "ann" show up more?
"andan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,460 in our Spanish list, against #10,446 for "ann". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "andan" and "ann".

  • Full dictionary entry for "andan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ann" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #278,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "andan" and "ann" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ann vs anta". 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 #278,295 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