ai
/aj/
The verdict
“ai” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,090) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,090
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressa dor física ou sentimental
Corpus desk
Index PT-ai · ai · Portuguese
ai · rank #1,090 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,090
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,352
- PHOTO-FINISH usado
Nearest frequency peer: usado (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ai”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- suficiente
suficiente
98,915 corpus weight
- temporada
temporada
98,914 corpus weight
- usado
usado
98,912 corpus weight
- ai
ai
98,911 corpus weight
- beleza
beleza
98,910 corpus weight
- cabo
cabo
98,909 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ai” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ai |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /aj/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #1,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ai” sits in Portuguese frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ai is neighbouring look-alikes ("As", "ao", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /aj/. Frequency #1,090 among 4,352 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ai, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "ao", "ar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ai, spelled A-I.
Definition
- 1expressa dor física ou sentimental
- 2expressa desespero
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entre o sexo: a loucura a morte; romance
Uma barata! Ai, uma barata!
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.