Ah

abbrev

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The verdict

“Ah” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,836) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,836
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amperestunde

Corpus desk

Index DE-ah · Ah · German

Ah · rank #1,836 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,836
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH zerstört

Nearest frequency peer: zerstört (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Ah”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Ah” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ah vs an
0% similar
Ah vs am
0% similar
Ah vs at
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ah
PropertyValue
HeadwordAh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters2
Frequency rank#1,836
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Ah” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ahliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „zerstört“ (#1,835), „anfangen“ (#1,837), „Bekannte“ (#1,838). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Ah is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "am", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #1,836 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Amperestunde".

Ah doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "am", "at", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ah, spelled A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Amperestunde

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Ah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 1 Ah entspricht 3600 As (Amperesekunden).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ah"?
"Ah" is spelled A-H.
What does "Ah" mean?
As an abbreviation, "Ah" means: Amperestunde
What words are commonly confused with "Ah"?
"Ah" is commonly confused with "an", "am", "at". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Ah" come from?
"Ah" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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  • "Ah" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "an". View pair
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list