AvsazWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: A is a symbol, az is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“A” is a symbol and “az” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14
“A” frequency rank
#23,772
“az” frequency rank
23786
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature A az
Definition En logique, symbole de la proposition universelle affirmative. Première lettre de l’alphabet glagolitique, Ⰰ.

Letter map: A vs az

Shared letters muted; letters that set A and az apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

1 ch
A
2 ch
az

Part-of-speech tell for A / az

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: A is asymbol and azanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “A” sits inside “az”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

A is recorded at frequency rank #14, classified as asymbol. az is at rank #23,772, tagged as anoun, pronounced \az\.

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 23786, this pair ranks #350,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of A vs az

Shared letters: a. Private to "A": -. Private to "az": z.

"A" · 1 letters · shape V  ·  "az" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "A" for "az" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "A" is a symbol and "az" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "A" vs "az" - which ranks higher?
"A" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14 in our French list, against #23,772 for "az". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "A" and "az".

  • Full dictionary entry for "A" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "az" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #350,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "A" and "az" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aur vs az". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #350,467 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list