ahivsavisWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“ahi” and “avis” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,101
“ahi” frequency rank
#46,353
“avis” frequency rank
48454
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ahi avis
Definition Fuego Opinión.

Where the eye mixes ahi and avis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
ahi
4 ch
avis

Visual trap between ahi and avis

A purely visual mix-up. ahi ([ˈa.hi]) and avis ([a.vi]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ahi is recorded at frequency rank #2,101, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈa.hi]. avis is at rank #46,353, tagged as anoun, pronounced [a.vi].

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 48454, this pair ranks #114,395 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ahi vs avis

Shared letters: ai. Private to "ahi": h. Private to "avis": sv.

"ahi" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "avis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • avisabis · aivs · aviss · avsi · avvis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ahi" and "avis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈa.hi] versus [a.vi]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ahi" or "avis"?
"ahi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,101 in our Spanish list, against #46,353 for "avis". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ahi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,395 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ahi" and "avis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apis vs avis". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #114,395 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list