AI

[aːˈʔiː]

/[aːˈʔiː]/ abbrev

The verdict

“AI” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,316) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,316
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-ai · AI · German

AI · rank #9,316 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,316
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Absage

Nearest frequency peer: Absage (-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 „AI“

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

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „AI“ 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).

AI vs an
0% similar
AI vs am
0% similar
AI vs at
0% similar

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

Key facts for AI
PropertyValue
HeadwordAI
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[aːˈʔiː]
Letters2
Frequency rank#9,316
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „AI“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).AIliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Absage“ (#9,315), „angeklagt“ (#9,317), „Abriss“ (#9,314). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „AI“ bei #9,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for AI is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "am", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [aːˈʔiː]. Frequency #9,316 among 6,976 “A” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

AI doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 AI, spelled A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    artifizielle Intelligenz
  2. 2
    Amtsinspektor
  3. 3
    Amnesty International
  4. 4
    Appenzell Innerrhoden

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Hast du das Auto mit dem Kennzeichen AI gesehen? Das ist selten, denn in Zürich sieht man sie wenig.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "AI"?
"AI" is spelled A-I. The IPA pronunciation is [aːˈʔiː].
What does "AI" mean?
As an abbreviation, "AI" means: artifizielle Intelligenz
What words are commonly confused with "AI"?
"AI" 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 "AI"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "AI" is [aːˈʔiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "AI" come from?
"AI" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list