aolvsatWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#48,335
“aol” frequency rank
#4,122
“at” frequency rank
52457
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aol at
Definition Chaux. 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.

Letter map: aol vs at

Shared letters muted; letters that set aol and at apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
aol
2 ch
at

Spelling & dictionary notes on aol vs at

aol and at are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aol is recorded at frequency rank #48,335, classified as anoun. 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 52457, this pair ranks #147,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aol vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "aol": lo. Private to "at": t.

"aol" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aol" and "at" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "aol" vs "at" - which ranks higher?
"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,122 in our French list, against #48,335 for "aol". 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 "aol" and "at".

  • Full dictionary entry for "aol" 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 #147,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aol" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aol vs aur". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #147,587 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