aww
/ɔː/interjection, verb
aww is spelled A-W-W: 3 letters. It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, aww means “Elongated form of aw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in aww?
| Letters | 3: A-W-W |
|---|---|
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is aww?
Aww appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th 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 aww?
- /ɔː/
- /ɑː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aww.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Aadenboy-aww.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with aww
Also written: oww.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with aww?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as aww.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: waw.
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 aww
- awws present, singular, he/she/it
- awwing participle, present
- awwed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aww mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Elongated form of aw.
Aww, that's so sad: he hasn't yet learned to ride a bike.
verb
- 1
To make an aww sound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).