# AKI vs Aoki

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### AKI
*noun · frequency rank #33,506*
Initialism of acute kidney injury.

### 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/aki-vs-aoki