angryvsantroWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: angry is a adjective, antro is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“angry” is an adjective and “antro” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,198
“angry” frequency rank
#19,311
“antro” frequency rank
50509
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angry antro
Definition Enojado, enfadado. Caverna, cavidad subterránea o en la roca.

Where the eye mixes angry and antro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
angry
5 ch
antro

Why the eye confuses angry with antro

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angry is /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/ while antro is [ˈãn̪t̪ɾo]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angry is recorded at frequency rank #31,198, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/. antro is at rank #19,311, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈãn̪t̪ɾo].

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 50509, this pair ranks #102,824 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of angry vs antro

Shared letters: anr. Private to "angry": gy. Private to "antro": ot.

"angry" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV  ·  "antro" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angryagnry · anggry · angrry · angryy · angyr · anngry · anrgy · nagry
  • antroanntro · anrto · antor · antrro · anttro · atnro · natro

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "angry" and "antro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "angry" is an adjective and "antro" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "angry" or "antro" show up more?
"antro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,311 in our Spanish list, against #31,198 for "angry". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "angry" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "antro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,824 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angry" and "antro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Agra vs angry". 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 #102,824 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