anivsatéTell them apart

Quick tell: ani is a conjunction, até is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ani” is a conjunction and “até” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,349
“ani” frequency rank
#55
“até” frequency rank
27404
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ani até
Definition nem também, inclusive

Letter map: ani vs até

Shared letters muted; letters that set ani and até apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
ani
3 ch
até

Role in the sentence - ani and até

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ani is aconjunction and atéanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ani is recorded at frequency rank #27,349, classified as aconj. até is at rank #55, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ɐ.ˈtɛ/.

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 27404, this pair ranks #41,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ani vs até

Shared letters: a. Private to "ani": in. Private to "até": .

"ani" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "até" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ani" and "até" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ani" is a conjunction and "até" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ani" vs "até" - which ranks higher?
"até" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #55 in our Portuguese list, against #27,349 for "ani". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "ani" and "até". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ani" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "até" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ani" and "até" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ani". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #41,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list