ají
[aˈxi]
The verdict
“ají” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #29,912 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,912
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruto comestible de diversas especies del género Capsicum, usualmente picante, que se emplea como condimento.
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 | ají |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈxi] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #29,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ají” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ají is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈxi]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,912 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for ají in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "al", "ay", "as", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is ají, spelled A-J-Í, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Fruto comestible de diversas especies del género Capsicum, usualmente picante, que se emplea como condimento.
- 2(Capsicum) Arbustos de la familia de las solanáceas, cultivados en todo el mundo por sus frutos, usualmente de sabor picante.
- 3Salsa picante preparada con ají₁ molido y otros aliños.
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ají”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-J-Í - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈxi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “al” - see the side-by-side comparison. ají vs al
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
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