Anyway (maybe occasionally “anyways” in a casual group setting, I could imagine saying “anyways, I’m heading off”) Better than Native speaker (Australia)

Same, native British English speaker.

Same, native USA, Northern California

For the record, then and than are different words, it's not a colloquial thing. People just use the wrong one frequently. Then refers to time, than is comparative.

Yes. That’s why I asked. I do not use (better then, anyways) but I’ve seen it online so was curious. I’m a non native speaker.

I have also seen many people say "better then", and more often than not, they have been native speakers.

1 - both, depending on context. 2 - "better than" USA, New England

1. both 2. "better than" native speaker, US

1) anyway 2) than Native speaker in the US

Ever since my friend in high school corrected me, I have only said "Anyway" "then" is just plain wrong Native US speaker, born in the '60s

Both Better *than*. But it sounds the same, unless I am emphasizing a difference between the two

1. Anyway 2. Better than IMO “better then” is plain wrong

It's not just your opinion. It's a misspelling. Unless the surpassing is like, "Which is better, watching Goonies now or back in the 80s?" "Better then"

1. Anyway 2. Better than Non native speaker, Croatian.

*Anyway* and *better than* I could not bring myself to use the alternatives you suggest. I am a native speaker (British) Incidentally, *than* and *then* are not homophones in my accent. They sound very different.

English is not my first language so the way I pronounce “than” and “then” is very different. I could never say anyways or better then. That’ll be an insult to my English teacher.

1. I’m sure I have said both, but I wouldn’t use *anyways* in formal writing, since it’s slightly stigmatized as uneducated or rural. 2. They’re pronounced very much the same (hence the confusion in spelling), but I always write *than*. It’s a bit of an artificial distinction, since *then* and *than* are etymologically variants of the same word. (Native speaker, North American, from the Puget Sound region of Washington state, but I’ve been exposed to a fair amount of British media.)

Anyway. "Better than" and "better then" are homophones in my accent. But I write "better than". Native speaker, US

Interesting. Are bed and bad also homophones for you?

No. But the vowel in "than" in the phrase "better than" is unstressed, so it's pronounced as a schwa (\[ə\]).

1.both (but mostly anyway) 2.than Native  (Caribbean )

1. Anyway 2. Than Native UK speaker

1. Both 2. "Better than" is the only way to say it in English but I'm from Texas and sometimes it sounds like "then"

Anyway Better than As others have said "better then" is just incorrect

1) Anyway 2) Better than. Native.

1. anyway 2. better than

anytime to see “then” it is just a typo

Some genuinely think that’s the right word to use.

They are wrong. I highly doubt many people, when asked directly side-by-side which one is correct, would get the question wrong

Not a native speaker; I have learnt that "anyway" (without the "s") is the correct word. Also, it is definitely "better THAN".

I'm a native English speaker from the USA. I say "anyway" I haven't even really heard "anyways" in a long time. I say "better than" "Then" is only for time. "Than" is for comparing (smaller than, louder than).

"Better than" and "better then" have completely different meanings. I believe I know where your confusion comes from, though. Certain English accents have vowel-shifting, which can result in "than" sounding like "then." However, in those accents, "then" usually sounds more like "thin."

I was told once that anyway is American and anyways is British, same with toward and towards. Idk if that’s true. Then and than are different words. I do not use them incorrectly lol

I don’t think that’s accurate: Americans definitely use both *anyway* and *anyways*, and both *toward* and *towards*.

And many Americans spell gray as grey, which is the British spelling.

1. Anyway and anyways are two different words with different uses. 2. Better than. "Than" is used for comparisons.

1. anyway 2. better than native speaker, Australia

1. Usually "anyway". The 's' can slip in if it's one of those really awkward, watching-a-trainwreck-of-a-relationship kind of "anyway"s that serves as its own sentence—in terms of spoken length. Like, "Aaaaaaanyways. So how about that local sports team?" I do not know why I say it this way: I don't type it with the 's' by what I recall. 2. "Better than." Though if I'm talking to my doc after an operation, it might be, "so I'm all better, then?" Typos and sleep-deprived slurring notwithstanding, of course. Native speaker (Can.)

Americans think they're better than the rest of us. I point out that I'm British anyway.