ahavsawayTell them apart

Quick tell: aha is a intj, away is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aha” is an intj and “away” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,044
“aha” frequency rank
#8,429
“away” frequency rank
40473
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aha away
Definition ver longe, distante, remoto

Letter map: aha vs away

Shared letters muted; letters that set aha and away apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
aha
4 ch
away

Role in the sentence - aha and away

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aha is anintj and awayanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aha is recorded at frequency rank #32,044, classified as anintj. away is at rank #8,429, tagged as anadj, pronounced /əˈweɪ/.

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 40473, this pair ranks #25,632 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aha vs away

Shared letters: a. Private to "aha": h. Private to "away": wy.

"aha" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "away" · 4 letters · shape VCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • awayaawy · awayy · awway · awya · waay

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aha" and "away" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aha" is an intj and "away" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aha" vs "away" - which ranks higher?
"away" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,429 in our Portuguese list, against #32,044 for "aha". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "aha" vs "away" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "away" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,632 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aha" and "away" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs aha". 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 #25,632 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