asa vs ash, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“asa” and “ash” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,104
“asa” frequency rank: #11,803
“ash” frequency rank: 18907
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	asa	ash
Definition	membro de um animal que serve para o voo	cinza

Where the eye mixes asa and ash

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch

asa

3 ch

ash

Visual trap between asa and ash

A purely visual mix-up. asa (/ˈa.zɐ/) and ash (/æʃ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “asa” becomes h in “ash”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

asa is recorded at frequency rank #7,104, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.zɐ/. ash is at rank #11,803, tagged as anoun, pronounced /æʃ/.

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 18907, this pair ranks #51,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of asa vs ash

Shared letters: as. Private to "asa": -. Private to "ash": h.

"asa" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "ash" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "asa" for "ash" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (/ˈa.zɐ/ versus /æʃ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "asa" vs "ash" - which ranks higher?

"asa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,104 in our Portuguese list, against #11,803 for "ash". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "asa" and "ash" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "asa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ash" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #51,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"asa" and "ash" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ash". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #51,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.