Which to use
“ah” is an intj and “al” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #640
- “ah” frequency rank
- #1,002
- “al” frequency rank
- 1642
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ah | al |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | exprime admiração | ao (contração da preposição a (Espanhol) e do artigo el (Espanhol)). |
Letter map: ah vs al
Shared letters muted; letters that set ah and al apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for ah / al
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ah is anintj and alacontraction. On the page they differ by a single letter - h in “ah” becomes l in “al”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ah is recorded at frequency rank #640, classified as anintj. al is at rank #1,002, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /al/.
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 1642, this pair ranks #73,888 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ah vs al
Shared letters: a. Private to "ah": h. Private to "al": l.
"ah" · 2 letters · shape VC · "al" · 2 letters · shape VC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ah" and "al" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ah" vs "al" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "ah" vs "al" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "al" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,888 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ah" and "al" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs al". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #73,888 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.