# aka vs aus

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### aus
*preposition · IPA [aʊ̯s] · frequency rank #32*
von drinnen nach draußen

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