AldivsalleWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Aldi is a name, alle is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Aldi” is a name and “alle” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,268
“Aldi” frequency rank
#80
“alle” frequency rank
7348
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Aldi alle
Definition männlicher Vorname mitteldeutsch und norddeutsch, umgangssprachlich:' leer, nicht mehr vorrätig

Letter map: Aldi vs alle

Shared letters muted; letters that set Aldi and alle apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Aldi
4 ch
alle

Grammar separator: Aldi vs alle

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Aldi is aname and alleanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Aldi is recorded at frequency rank #7,268, classified as aname, pronounced […]. alle is at rank #80, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈalə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 7348, this pair ranks #1,988,491 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Aldi vs alle

Shared letters: al. Private to "Aldi": di. Private to "alle": e.

"Aldi" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "alle" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Aldiadli · alddi · alid · alldi · ladi
  • allealel · lale

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Aldi" for "alle" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Aldi" is a name and "alle" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Aldi" vs "alle" - which ranks higher?
"alle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #80 in our German list, against #7,268 for "Aldi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Aldi" and "alle".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Aldi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,988,491 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Aldi" and "alle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Aldi vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,988,491 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list