# AAA vs AD

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### AAA
*noun · frequency rank #9,990*
Initialism of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

### AD
*adverb · IPA /ˌeɪˈdi/ · frequency rank #1,779*
Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.

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