att

noun

"att" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“att” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #21,726) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#21,726
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.

Corpus desk

Index EN-att · att · English

att · rank #21,726 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,726
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH auspices

Nearest frequency peer: auspices (+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 “att”

Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below

corpus weight

What this shows Bars place “att” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

att vs aw
33% similar
att vs AU
0% similar
att vs AZ
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for att
PropertyValue
Headwordatt
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#21,726
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus rank beside confusables of “att”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).attlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “auspices” (#21,727), “armistice” (#21,723), “bathe” (#21,729). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “att” is #21,726. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for att is neighbouring look-alikes ("aw", "AU", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #21,726 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Gloss: "A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.".

att doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aw", "AU", "AZ", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Lao ອັດ (ʼat). The correct English form is att, spelled A-T-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.

Etymology

From Lao ອັດ (ʼat).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "att"?
"att" is spelled A-T-T.
What does "att" mean?
As a noun, "att" means: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.
What words are commonly confused with "att"?
"att" is commonly confused with "aw", "AU", "AZ". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "att"?
From Lao ອັດ (ʼat). See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "att", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list