Deutsch homophones
Alls/als
"Alls" is a noun; "als" is a conjunction - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "Alls" arrives as a noun, while "als" is a conjunction. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "al" then splits - "Alls" (4 letters) vs "als" (3).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Alls, als: als. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Alls
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape VCCC
Inventory als · no private letters vs siblings
als
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape VCC
Inventory als · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Alls" when you mean: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs All
- Write "als" when you mean: der dem als folgende Part ist der mindere (weniger) oder der größere (mehr)
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- Alls ← allss · alsl · lals