aza

noun

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

The verdict

“aza” is an uncommon English word, ranked #58,528 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#58,528
frequency rank, English
3
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.

Key facts for aza
PropertyValue
Headwordaza
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#58,528
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “aza” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). aza lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for aza is 3 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #58,528 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for aza in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is aza, spelled A-Z-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.

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 "aza"?
"aza" is spelled A-Z-A.
What does "aza" mean?
As a noun, "aza" means: A nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.
What language does "aza" come from?
"aza" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “aza”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is A-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list