ac vs aux, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ac” is an adjective and “aux” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,854
“ac” frequency rank: #32,511
“aux” frequency rank: 39365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ac	aux
Definition	Hambriento.	Contracción de la preposición à y el artículo les; a las ; a los.

Where the eye mixes ac and aux

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

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Look-alike desk: ac vs aux

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ac is [ɑd͡ʒ] while aux is /o/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ac is recorded at frequency rank #6,854, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɑd͡ʒ]. aux is at rank #32,511, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /o/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 39365, this pair ranks #164,904 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ac vs aux

Shared letters: a. Private to "ac": c. Private to "aux": ux.

"ac" · 2 letters · shape VC · "aux" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ac" for "aux" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ac" is an adjective and "aux" a contraction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "ac" vs "aux" - which ranks higher?

"ac" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,854 in our Spanish list, against #32,511 for "aux". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "ac" and "aux" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "ac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "aux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #164,904 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ac" and "aux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atl vs aux". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #164,904 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.