aki vs at, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“aki” and “at” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,568
“aki” frequency rank: #4,122
“at” frequency rank: 50690
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	aki	at
Definition	Nom vernaculaire de Blighia sapida, arbre moyen de la famille des Sapindaceae (Sapindacées), originaire d’Afrique occidentale et cultivé dans les régions tropicales pour son fruit. C’est une espèce proche du litchi.	Ancien nom de l’attier, qui a peut-être été importé à la Réunion par les Malbars et les Tamouls ; ce nom était particulièrement fréquent au Sénégal.

Where the eye mixes aki and at

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

3 ch

aki

2 ch

Look-alike desk: aki vs at

A purely visual mix-up. aki (\a.ki\) and at (\at\) 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 50690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aki is recorded at frequency rank #46,568, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ki\. at is at rank #4,122, tagged as anoun, pronounced \at\.

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 50690, this pair ranks #160,689 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aki vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "aki": ik. Private to "at": t.

"aki" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aki" for "at" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (\a.ki\ versus \at\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "aki" or "at"?

"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,122 in our French list, against #46,568 for "aki". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

Full dictionary entry for "aki" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #160,689 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"aki" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aki vs aur". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #160,689 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.