allervsAnglerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: aller is a pronoun, Angler is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aller” is a pronoun and “Angler” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#425
“aller” frequency rank
#27,187
“Angler” frequency rank
27612
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aller Angler
Definition maskuline Singularform, Nominativ; feminine Singularform, Genitiv und Dativ; Pluralform, Genitiv des Indefinitpronomens all jemand, der (normalerweise mit einer Angel) versucht, Fische zu fangen

Where the eye mixes aller and Angler

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
aller
6 ch
Angler

Look-alike desk: aller vs Angler

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aller is [ˈalɐ] while Angler is [ˈaŋlɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aller is recorded at frequency rank #425, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈalɐ]. Angler is at rank #27,187, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaŋlɐ].

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 27612, this pair ranks #1,798,915 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aller vs Angler

Shared letters: aelr. Private to "aller": -. Private to "Angler": gn.

"aller" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "Angler" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alleralelr · aler · allerr · allre · laler
  • Angleragnler · angelr · anggler · anglerr · angller · anglre · anlger · anngler

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aller" for "Angler" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aller" is a pronoun and "Angler" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "aller" or "Angler" show up more?
"aller" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #425 in our German list, against #27,187 for "Angler". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "aller" and "Angler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Angler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,798,915 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aller" and "Angler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angle vs Angler". 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 #1,798,915 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