# act vs ay

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### act
*noun · IPA /ækt/ · frequency rank #15,000*
Acto, acción.

### ay
*intj · IPA [ˈaj] · frequency rank #1,538*
Expresa dolor o pena.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/act-vs-ay