# Asta vs awa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Asta
*name · frequency rank #49,767*
A surname from Italian.

### awa
*noun · frequency rank #34,785*
Kava, specifically Piper methysticum.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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