# alias

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈeɪ.li.əs/ · frequency rank #15,744

## Definitions
1. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
2. Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful

## Etymology
From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien.

## Easily confused with
- **als** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-als)
- **Asia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-asia)
- **axis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-axis)
- **alma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alma)
- **Alps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alps)
- **aria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-aria)
- **alta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alta)
- **avis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-avis)
- **Alla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alla)
- **alms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alms)
- **Amis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-amis)
- **Alva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alva)
- **alls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alls)
- **aris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-aris)
- **alive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alive)
- **Asian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-asian)
- **alien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alien)
- **Alice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alice)
- **alike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-alike)
- **Allah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alias-vs-allah)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ailas`, `alais`, `aliass`, `alisa`, `allias`, `laias`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/alias