achavsahConfusable pair

Quick tell: acha is a noun, ah is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“acha” is a noun and “ah” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#547
“acha” frequency rank
#640
“ah” frequency rank
1187
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acha ah
Definition cavaca exprime admiração

Letter map: acha vs ah

Shared letters muted; letters that set acha and ah apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
acha
2 ch
ah

Role in the sentence - acha and ah

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: acha is anoun and ahanintj. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acha is recorded at frequency rank #547, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.ʃɐ/. ah is at rank #640, tagged as anintj.

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 1187, this pair ranks #74,409 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of acha vs ah

Shared letters: ah. Private to "acha": c. Private to "ah": -.

"acha" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ah" · 2 letters · shape VC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • achaacah · accha · achha · ahca · caha

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "acha" for "ah" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acha" is a noun and "ah" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "acha" or "ah"?
"acha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #547 in our Portuguese list, against #640 for "ah". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "acha" and "ah". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,409 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acha" and "ah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ah". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #74,409 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list