Which to use
“aller” is a pronoun and “Ärger” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #425
- “aller” frequency rank
- #3,498
- “Ärger” frequency rank
- 3923
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aller | Ärger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | maskuline Singularform, Nominativ; feminine Singularform, Genitiv und Dativ; Pluralform, Genitiv des Indefinitpronomens all | spontane, innere, emotionale Reaktion hochgradiger Unzufriedenheit auf eine Situation, eine Person oder eine Erinnerung, die der Verärgerte lieber anders gesehen hätte |
Where the eye mixes aller and Ärger
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aller is [ˈalɐ] while Ärger is [ˈɛʁɡɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aller is recorded at frequency rank #425, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈalɐ]. Ärger is at rank #3,498, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɛʁɡɐ].
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 3923, this pair ranks #1,999,016 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aller vs Ärger
Shared letters: er. Private to "aller": al. Private to "Ärger": gä.
"aller" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "Ärger" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aller ← alelr · aler · allerr · allre · laler