-A / -AH Spelling Pairs — Words Only

Root words of 9 letters or fewer with two valid spellings that differ only by A versus AH

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152 words

FA FAH HA HAH LA LAH YA YAH AMA AMAH ODA ODAH YEA YEAH BIMA BIMAH EPHA EPHAH
HORA HORAH LOTA LOTAH MYNA MYNAH PUJA PUJAH RAJA RAJAH RAYA RAYAH SUBA SUBAH
SURA SURAH TORA TORAH UMMA UMMAH ALIYA ALIYAH COPRA COPRAH DOURA DOURAH GANJA
GANJAH HALVA HALVAH HAMZA HAMZAH HIJRA HIJRAH HOOKA HOOKAH HUZZA HUZZAH JIBBA
JIBBAH KHEDA KHEDAH KIBLA KIBLAH KIPPA KIPPAH LOOFA LOOFAH MATZA MATZAH MOOLA
MOOLAH MULLA MULLAH PUKKA PUKKAH PUNKA PUNKAH PURDA PURDAH SHIVA SHIVAH SIRRA
SIRRAH SUNNA SUNNAH TREFA TREFAH WALLA WALLAH WHYDA WHYDAH AGGADA AGGADAH BUSHWA
BUSHWAH CHALLA CHALLAH CHUPPA CHUPPAH DJIBBA DJIBBAH HALALA HALALAH HUTZPA
HUTZPAH QABALA QABALAH SHARIA SHARIAH TEREFA TEREFAH BEGORRA BEGORRAH CABBALA
CABBALAH CHUTZPA CHUTZPAH HAFTARA HAFTARAH HALAKHA HALAKHAH HOSANNA HOSANNAH
KABBALA KABBALAH MADRASA MADRASAH MASTABA MASTABAH MEGILLA MEGILLAH MESHUGA
MESHUGAH SAVANNA SAVANNAH SHAHADA SHAHADAH VERANDA VERANDAH YESHIVA YESHIVAH
DJELLABA DJELLABAH GALABIYA GALABIYAH INTIFADA INTIFADAH MAHARAJA MAHARAJAH
MESHUGGA MESHUGGAH SHILLALA SHILLALAH

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