asívsattWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: así is a adverb, att is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#55
“así” frequency rank
#31,652
“att” frequency rank
31707
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature así att
Definition De este modo o forma. Unidad monetaria de la República Popular Lao, la centésima parte de un kip.

Where the eye mixes así and att

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch
así
3 ch
att

Look-alike desk: así vs att

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: así is [aˈsi] while att is [ˈat̪]. 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 (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31707, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

así is recorded at frequency rank #55, classified as anadv, pronounced [aˈsi]. att is at rank #31,652, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈat̪].

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 31707, this pair ranks #205,718 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of así vs att

Shared letters: a. Private to "así": . Private to "att": t.

"así" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "att" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "así" and "att" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "así" is an adverb and "att" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "así" vs "att" - which ranks higher?
"así" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #55 in our Spanish list, against #31,652 for "att". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "así" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "att" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,718 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "así" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anta vs att". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #205,718 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