aah
"aah" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aah” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #36,411 in English word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #36,411
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #36,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aah” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for aah is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection. Corpus data places it at rank #36,411 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aah, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "as", "at", "an", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is aah, spelled A-A-H.
Definition
- 1Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
- 2Indication of joyful pleasure.
- 3Indication of sympathy.
- 4Indication of mouth being opened wide.
- 5To express understanding.
- 6The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “aah”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-A-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “as” - see the side-by-side comparison. aah vs as
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.