aha

[aˈha]

/[aˈha]/ intj

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The verdict

“aha” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,760) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#4,760
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausruf des Verstehens

Corpus desk

Index DE-aha · aha · German

aha · rank #4,760 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,760
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abseits

Nearest frequency peer: abseits (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „aha“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „aha“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

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).

aha vs an
33% similar
aha vs am
33% similar
aha vs at
33% similar

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

Key facts for aha
PropertyValue
Headwordaha
LanguageGerman
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[aˈha]
Letters3
Frequency rank#4,760
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „aha“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ahaliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „abseits“ (#4,759), „Angeles“ (#4,761), „abnehmen“ (#4,758). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aha“ bei #4,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for aha is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "am", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced [aˈha]. Frequency #4,760 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Ausruf des Verstehens".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aha, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "am", "at", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is aha, spelled A-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ausruf des Verstehens

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Aha, so ist das also!

Synonyms

ach soasososo

This word in other languages

aha(English)ajá(Español)ha(Français)

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 "aha"?
"aha" is spelled A-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈha].
What does "aha" mean?
As an interjection, "aha" means: Ausruf des Verstehens
What words are commonly confused with "aha"?
"aha" is commonly confused with "an", "am", "at". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aha" is [aˈha]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aha" come from?
"aha" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aha", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Uwe#4,746BVB#4,777Ulm#4,742Opa#4,728

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list