# ain't vs ait

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ain't
*verb · IPA /eɪnt/ · frequency rank #1,384*
Am not.

### 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: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ain-t-vs-ait