AsavsatWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Asa is a name, at is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Asa” is a name and “at” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,445
“Asa” frequency rank
#1,799
“at” frequency rank
32244
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Asa at
Definition männlicher Vorname großer Einhufer; Pferd

Letter map: Asa vs at

Shared letters muted; letters that set Asa and at apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
Asa
2 ch
at

Grammar separator: Asa vs at

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Asa is aname and atanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Asa is recorded at frequency rank #30,445, classified as aname, pronounced […]. at is at rank #1,799, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɑt].

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 32244, this pair ranks #1,711,698 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Asa vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "Asa": s. Private to "at": t.

"Asa" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Asa" and "at" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Asa" is a name and "at" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Asa" or "at"?
"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,799 in our German list, against #30,445 for "Asa". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "Asa" vs "at" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Asa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,711,698 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Asa" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Asa vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,711,698 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