Which to use
“alle” is an adverb and “Allee” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #80
- “alle” frequency rank
- #9,502
- “Allee” frequency rank
- 9582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alle | Allee |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mitteldeutsch und norddeutsch, umgangssprachlich:' leer, nicht mehr vorrätig | auf beiden Seiten von Bäumen begrenzte, lange und gerade Straße |
Where the eye mixes alle and Allee
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. alle runs 4 letters (VCCV) against Allee's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: alle vs Allee
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alle is [ˈalə] while Allee is [aˈleː]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “alle” sits inside “Allee”, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alle is recorded at frequency rank #80, classified as anadv, pronounced [ˈalə]. Allee is at rank #9,502, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈleː].
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 9582, this pair ranks #1,979,278 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of alle vs Allee
Shared letters: ael. Private to "alle": -. Private to "Allee": -.
"alle" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "Allee" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alle" for "Allee" ever safe?
Frequency check: "alle" vs "Allee" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "alle" and "Allee" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Allee" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,979,278 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alle" and "Allee" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Allee vs Alleen". 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 #1,979,278 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.