Which to use
“alice” is a noun and “alone” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,854
- “alice” frequency rank
- #22,246
- “alone” frequency rank
- 27100
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alice | alone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sardelle | allein |
Letter map: alice vs alone
Shared letters muted; letters that set alice and alone apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for alice / alone
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alice is anoun and aloneanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27100, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alice is recorded at frequency rank #4,854, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. alone is at rank #22,246, tagged as anadj, pronounced [əˈləʊn].
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 27100, this pair ranks #1,807,364 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of alice vs alone
Shared letters: ael. Private to "alice": ci. Private to "alone": no.
"alice" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "alone" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alice" for "alone" ever safe?
Which is more common, "alice" or "alone"?
What to do next
You've compared "alice" and "alone". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "alice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,807,364 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alice" and "alone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aloha vs alone". 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 #1,807,364 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.