ann vs até, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#8,848
“ann” frequency rank: #55
“até” frequency rank: 8903
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ann	até
Definition	aí	também, inclusive

Letter map: ann vs até

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

3 ch

ann

3 ch

até

Pair insight - ann / até

ann and até 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ann is recorded at frequency rank #8,848, classified as anadv. 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 8903, this pair ranks #64,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ann vs até

Shared letters: a. Private to "ann": n. Private to "até": té.

"ann" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "até" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ann" and "até" be used interchangeably?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "ann" vs "até" - which ranks higher?

"até" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #55 in our Portuguese list, against #8,848 for "ann". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "ann" vs "até" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "ann" 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 #64,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ann" and "até" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ann". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #64,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.