# 8 vs ait

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 8
*verb · IPA /eɪt/ · frequency rank #312*
Abbreviation of ate.

### ait
*noun · IPA /eɪt/ · frequency rank #38,716*
An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/8-vs-ait