agivsahWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#36,311
“agi” frequency rank
#640
“ah” frequency rank
36951
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agi ah
Definition agir, proceder exprime admiração

Letter map: agi vs ah

Shared letters muted; letters that set agi and ah apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
agi
2 ch
ah

Role in the sentence - agi and ah

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agi is averb and ahanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agi is recorded at frequency rank #36,311, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈa.ɡi/. 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 36951, this pair ranks #29,766 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agi vs ah

Shared letters: a. Private to "agi": gi. Private to "ah": h.

"agi" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "ah" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "agi" for "ah" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agi" is a verb and "ah" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agi" or "ah"?
"ah" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #640 in our Portuguese list, against #36,311 for "agi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "agi" 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 #29,766 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agi" and "ah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs agi". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #29,766 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