anexavsanotaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: anexa is a adjective, anota is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“anexa” is an adjective and “anota” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,398
“anexa” frequency rank
#12,526
“anota” frequency rank
48924
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anexa anota
Definition Forma del femenino de anexo. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de anotar.

Where the eye mixes anexa and anota

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. anexa and anota follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
anexa
5 ch
anota

Visual trap between anexa and anota

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: anexa is [aˈneksa] while anota is [aˈnot̪a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anexa is recorded at frequency rank #36,398, classified as anadj, pronounced [aˈneksa]. anota is at rank #12,526, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈnot̪a].

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 48924, this pair ranks #111,744 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of anexa vs anota

Shared letters: an. Private to "anexa": ex. Private to "anota": ot.

"anexa" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "anota" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • anexaaenxa · aneax · anexxa · annexa · anxea · naexa
  • anotaannota · anoat · anotta · antoa · aonta · naota

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "anexa" for "anota" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "anexa" is an adjective and "anota" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "anexa" or "anota" show up more?
"anota" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,526 in our Spanish list, against #36,398 for "anexa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "anexa" and "anota" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "anexa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "anota" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #111,744 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anexa" and "anota" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anexa 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 #111,744 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