Aoki
/eɪˈoʊki/
"aoki" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aoki” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,776) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #34,776
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aoki · Aoki · English
Aoki · rank #34,776 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,776
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH annulment
Nearest frequency peer: annulment (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “Aoki”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- amalgam
amalgam
65,228 corpus weight
- ambulatory
ambulatory
65,227 corpus weight
- annulment
annulment
65,226 corpus weight
- Aoki
Aoki
65,225 corpus weight
- Aramaic
Aramaic
65,224 corpus weight
- Arnie
Arnie
65,223 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Aoki” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | Aoki |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /eɪˈoʊki/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Aoki”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Aoki is neighbouring look-alikes ("ask", "ark", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced /eɪˈoʊki/. Frequency #34,776 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Gloss: "A surname from Japanese.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Aoki, with forms such as "akoi", "aoik", and "aokki". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ask", "ark", "API", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 青木 (Aoki). The correct English form is Aoki, spelled A-O-K-I.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 青木 (Aoki).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akoi
- aoik
- aokki
- oaki
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Aoki - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Aoki", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).