# away vs ay

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### away
*adverb · IPA […] · frequency rank #15,565*
weg, fort, abwesend

### ay
*noun · IPA [ɑj] · frequency rank #30,936*
Himmelskörper, der einen Planeten umkreist; Mond

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/away-vs-ay