aji
/ɑˈhi/
"aji" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aji” is uncommon English (frequency #80,165 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,165
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aji · aji · English
aji · rank #80,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,165
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH akamai
Nearest frequency peer: akamai (+1 rank slots)
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Long-tail ranks near “aji”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ahu
ahu
19,840 corpus weight
- aisling
aisling
19,838 corpus weight
- aji
aji
19,836 corpus weight
- akamai
akamai
19,835 corpus weight
- Akhil
Akhil
19,834 corpus weight
- alcazar
alcazar
19,831 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “aji” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aji |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɑˈhi/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #80,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aji” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aji is uncommon English at frequency #80,165 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɑˈhi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aji, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish ají. The correct English form is aji, spelled A-J-I.
Definition
- 1A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
- 2A chili pepper, in the context of South American cuisine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aji appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Peru the consumption of aji is greater than that of salt[…]
Add the onion, the garlic, the red pepper, the ajies, the pepper, cumin and salt.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ají.
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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