# aka vs alt

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### aka
*abbrev · IPA [eikeiˈʔei] · frequency rank #9,134*
also known as ‚auch bekannt als‘

### alt
*adjective · IPA [alt] · frequency rank #595*
vor langer Zeit gemacht, geschehen oder gewesen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/aka-vs-alt