antrosvsatrásTell them apart

Quick tell: antros is a noun, atrás is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“antros” is a noun and “atrás” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,924
“antros” frequency rank
#907
“atrás” frequency rank
47831
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature antros atrás
Definition Forma del plural de antro. Denota la parte posterior de alguna cosa o lo que está o queda a las espaldas.

Where the eye mixes antros and atrás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. antros runs 6 letters (VCCCVC) against atrás's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
antros
5 ch
atrás

Look-alike desk: antros vs atrás

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: antros is [ˈãn̪t̪ɾos] while atrás is [aˈt̪ɾas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47831, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

antros is recorded at frequency rank #46,924, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈãn̪t̪ɾos]. atrás is at rank #907, tagged as anadv, pronounced [aˈt̪ɾas].

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 47831, this pair ranks #117,861 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of antros vs atrás

Shared letters: arst. Private to "antros": no. Private to "atrás": á.

"antros" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC  ·  "atrás" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • antros ← anntros · anrtos · antors · antross · antrros · antrso · anttros · atnros

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "antros" for "atrás" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "antros" is a noun and "atrás" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "antros" or "atrás" show up more?
"atrás" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #907 in our Spanish list, against #46,924 for "antros". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "antros" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atrás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #117,861 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "antros" and "atrás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Antares vs antros". 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 #117,861 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