aka
[eikeiˈʔei]
The verdict
“aka” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,134 in German word frequency and used as an abbreviation.
- #9,134
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - also known as ‚auch bekannt als‘
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aka |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [eikeiˈʔei] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #9,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aka” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for aka is 3 letters long, classified as an abbreviation, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eikeiˈʔei]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,134 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "also known as ‚auch bekannt als‘".
No generated misspelling entries exist for aka in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "am", "at", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is aka, spelled A-K-A.
Definition
- 1also known as ‚auch bekannt als‘
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “aka”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eikeiˈʔei] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “an” - see the side-by-side comparison. aka vs an
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.