ahh
/æ(ː)/interjection, noun, verb, particle
ahh is spelled A-H-H: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “aah vs ahh” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As an interjection, ahh means “Alternative spelling of aah” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ahh?
| Letters | 3: A-H-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ahh?
Ahh appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ahh?
- US /æ(ː)/
- US /ɑ(ː)/
Ahh has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with ahh
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: aah.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with ahh?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ahh from its last stressed vowel (/æ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hah.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ahh
- ahhs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ahhing participle, present
- ahhed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ahh mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Alternative spelling of aah.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of aah.
- 2
Pronunciation spelling of ass.
verb
- 1
Alternative spelling of aah.
particle
- 1
Alternative form of -ahh. Occurs after an adjective or phrase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).