asi vs at, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#34,519
“asi” frequency rank: #1,799
“at” frequency rank: 36318
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	asi	at
Definition	[1] Ablativ Singular des Personalpronomens ai „er“	großer Einhufer; Pferd

Letter map: asi vs at

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

3 ch

asi

2 ch

Grammar separator: asi vs at

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: asi is anunknown and atanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

asi is recorded at frequency rank #34,519, classified as anunknown, 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 36318, this pair ranks #1,618,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of asi vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "asi": is. Private to "at": t.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "asi" and "at" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "asi" is an unknown and "at" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "asi" or "at" show up more?

"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,799 in our German list, against #34,519 for "asi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "asi" 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 #1,618,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"asi" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "asi vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,618,594 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.