Which to use
“at” and “atún” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,857
- “at” frequency rank
- #12,765
- “atún” frequency rank
- 17622
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | at | atún |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Símbolo tipográfico (@) muy utilizado en informática e internet, en particular como parte de las direcciones de correo electrónico. | (Thunnus spp.) Cualquiera de una docena de especies de peces oceánicos de la familia de los escómbridos, grandes nadadores y de gran tamaño; su carne, muy apreciada como alimento, es de color rojo intenso, excepcional entre los peces, por su alto contenido de mioglobina. Varias especies están en riesgo de extinción por la sobrepesca. |
Where the eye mixes at and atún
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. at ([ˈat̪]) and atún ([aˈt̪ũn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “at” sits inside “atún”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
at is recorded at frequency rank #4,857, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈat̪]. atún is at rank #12,765, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈt̪ũn].
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 17622, this pair ranks #271,377 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of at vs atún
Shared letters: at. Private to "at": -. Private to "atún": nú.
"at" · 2 letters · shape VC · "atún" · 4 letters · shape VCVC