# Alta vs Altena

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Alta
*name · IPA [ˈalta] · frequency rank #29,913*
Ort am Altafjord, Finnmark, Norwegen

### Altena
*name · IPA [ˈaltəna] · frequency rank #34,507*
Stadt im Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

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