# ACK vs Aoki

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ACK
*verb · frequency rank #33,924*
To acknowledge a packet or a message received from a network.

### Aoki
*name · IPA /eɪˈoʊki/ · frequency rank #34,776*
A surname from Japanese.

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