# AKA vs ake

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### AKA
*preposition · IPA /ˈækə/ · frequency rank #5,571*
Initialism of also known as.

### ake
*verb · IPA /eɪk/ · frequency rank #46,292*
Obsolete spelling of ache.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aka-vs-ake