aahvsatTell them apart

Quick tell: aah is a intj, at is a preposition, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aah” is an intj and “at” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,411
“aah” frequency rank
#21
“at” frequency rank
36432
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aah at
Definition Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm. In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).

Letter map: aah vs at

Shared letters muted; letters that set aah and at apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
aah
2 ch
at

Role in the sentence - aah and at

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aah is anintj and atapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aah is recorded at frequency rank #36,411, classified as anintj. at is at rank #21, tagged as aprep, pronounced /æt/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 36432, this pair ranks #303,270 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aah vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "aah": h. Private to "at": t.

"aah" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aah" for "at" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aah" is an intj and "at" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aah" or "at"?
"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21 in our English list, against #36,411 for "aah". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "aah" and "at". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #303,270 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aah" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aah vs amb". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #303,270 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list