Which to use
“antan” is an adverb and “Asean” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,208
- “antan” frequency rank
- #48,344
- “Asean” frequency rank
- 67552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | antan | Asean |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | L’année dernière. | Association des nations du Sud-Est asiatique. |
Letter map: antan vs Asean
Shared letters muted; letters that set antan and Asean apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. antan (VCCVC) and Asean (VCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for antan / Asean
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: antan is anadverb and Aseananame. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
antan is recorded at frequency rank #19,208, classified as anadv, pronounced \ɑ̃.tɑ̃\. Asean is at rank #48,344, tagged as aname.
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 67552, this pair ranks #62,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of antan vs Asean
Shared letters: an. Private to "antan": t. Private to "Asean": es.
"antan" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "Asean" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "antan" for "Asean" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "antan" or "Asean" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "antan" and "Asean".
- Full dictionary entry for "antan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Asean" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "antan" and "Asean" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Asean vs asiat". 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 #62,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.