anisvsAssisWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“anis” and “Assis” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,203
“anis” frequency rank
#6,614
“Assis” frequency rank
50817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anis Assis
Definition planta (Pimpinella anisum) herbácea da família das umbelíferas com aplicações em farmácia, na culinária e na preparação de algumas bebidas alcoólicas município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo

Letter map: anis vs Assis

Shared letters muted; letters that set anis and Assis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
anis
5 ch
Assis

Corpus notes: anis and Assis

anis and Assis are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anis is recorded at frequency rank #44,203, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈniʃ/. Assis is at rank #6,614, tagged as anoun.

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 50817, this pair ranks #14,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of anis vs Assis

Shared letters: ais. Private to "anis": n. Private to "Assis": -.

"anis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "Assis" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • anisains · aniss · annis · ansi · nais
  • Assisasis · asiss · assiss · asssi · sasis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "anis" for "Assis" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "anis" or "Assis" show up more?
"Assis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,614 in our Portuguese list, against #44,203 for "anis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "anis" and "Assis". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "anis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Assis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anis" and "Assis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs anis". 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 #14,140 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