ahoivsasoConfusable pair

Quick tell: ahoi is a intj, aso is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ahoi” is an intj and “aso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,909
“ahoi” frequency rank
#37,363
“aso” frequency rank
67272
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ahoi aso
Definition bei der Schifffahrt gebräuchlicher Ausruf, um ein anderes Schiff anzurufen oder auf dieses aufmerksam zu machen Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv bestimmt des Adjektivs ass

Letter map: ahoi vs aso

Shared letters muted; letters that set ahoi and aso apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ahoi runs 4 letters (VCVV) against aso's 3 (VCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
ahoi
3 ch
aso

Grammar separator: ahoi vs aso

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ahoi is anintj and asoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ahoi is recorded at frequency rank #29,909, classified as anintj, pronounced [aˈhɔɪ̯]. aso is at rank #37,363, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

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 67272, this pair ranks #545,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ahoi vs aso

Shared letters: ao. Private to "ahoi": hi. Private to "aso": s.

"ahoi" · 4 letters · shape VCVV  ·  "aso" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ahoi ← ahhoi · ahio · aohi · haoi

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ahoi" and "aso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ahoi" is an intj and "aso" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ahoi" or "aso"?
"ahoi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,909 in our German list, against #37,363 for "aso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "ahoi" vs "aso" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ahoi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #545,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ahoi" and "aso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aso vs puzzles". 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 #545,581 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list