AcehvsalesTell them apart

Quick tell: Aceh is a name, ales is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Aceh” is a name and “ales” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,770
“Aceh” frequency rank
#34,373
“ales” frequency rank
80143
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Aceh ales
Definition A special autonomous province of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. plural of ale

Letter map: Aceh vs ales

Shared letters muted; letters that set Aceh and ales apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Aceh and ales follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Aceh
4 ch
ales

Role in the sentence - Aceh and ales

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Aceh is aname and alesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Aceh is recorded at frequency rank #45,770, classified as aname. ales is at rank #34,373, tagged as anoun, pronounced /eɪlz/.

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 80143, this pair ranks #20,490 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Aceh vs ales

Shared letters: ae. Private to "Aceh": ch. Private to "ales": ls.

"Aceh" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "ales" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Aceh ← acceh · acehh · caeh
  • ales ← aels · aless · alles · alse · laes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Aceh" and "ales" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Aceh" is a name and "ales" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Aceh" vs "ales" - which ranks higher?
"ales" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,373 in our English list, against #45,770 for "Aceh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Aceh" and "ales". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Aceh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,490 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Aceh" and "ales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Aceh vs ake". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #20,490 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