ahi

/a.i/

//a.i// intj

The verdict

“ahi” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,246 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,246
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ai(!) (expressa dor).

Corpus desk

Index PT-ahi · ahi · Portuguese

ahi · rank #65,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,246
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH afasia

Nearest frequency peer: afasia (-4 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “ahi”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ahi” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ahi
PropertyValue
Headwordahi
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
IPA/a.i/
Letters3
Frequency rank#65,246
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ahi” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).ahicai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “afasia” (#65,242), “admiravelmente” (#65,239), “acudir” (#65,236). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “ahi” fica em #65,246. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ahi is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,246 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /a.i/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ai(!) (expressa dor).".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ahi, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ahi, spelled A-H-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    ai(!) (expressa dor).

Synonyms

aïe

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ahi"?
"ahi" is spelled A-H-I. The IPA pronunciation is /a.i/.
What does "ahi" mean?
As an interjection, "ahi" means: ai(!) (expressa dor).
How do you pronounce "ahi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ahi" is /a.i/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ahi" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ahi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list